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Given the overall record of bilateral imposition of fluoride in water ( sedate the proles with toxic waste...at a premium surcharge ) and the effect of chlorine being to make people allergic to food....I really see good fun with Monsanto GM foods transferring genes to our guts that generate our in house self poisoning pesticides. To add on top of this charges for a system that encourages vaccination for everything under the Sun while lauding the virtues of biocide agents on ones hide and control of germs in food to safely kill nutrition - pasteurizing all the while - and that will be some healthcare system !The Chinese paid doctors who maintained health until they got sick. We pay for prescriptions which will not deal with our problems.
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Terry Waite meets with Hezbollah, after 25 yrs ..During his trip last week, on which he was accompanied by British newspaper the Sunday Telegraph, Waite met with Ammar Moussawi, and told the Hezbollah official “that the past was the past,” according to an article he wrote for the newspaper published Sunday. Waite was in Lebanon to bring att ...
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Wahhabis war on Indonesia's Shi'itesIndonesia's Shi'ite minority is under heavy attack. Men, women, and children have been assaulted, schools damaged, and villages burned to the ground. Many have been killed. It is becoming increasingly clear that Saudi Arabia's intolerant brand of Wahhabi Sunni Islam - propagated far and wide by ...
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Pepe Escobar: Obama in Tehran? Imagine, for a moment, a world in which the United States is a regional power, not a superpower. A world in which the globe’s mightiest nation, China, invades Mexico and Canada, deposing the leaders of both countries. A world in which China has also ringed the Americas, from Canada to Central ...
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Pilger: "Leveson's Punch and Judy show"In the week Lord Leveson published almost a million words about his inquiry into the "culture, practice and ethics" of Britain's corporate press, two illuminating books about media and freedom were also published. Their contrast with the Punch and Judy show staged by Leveson is striking. For ...
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The Koch brothers did us a favourWe sought to rise above the fray and just define what a good education looks like these days: What are the best schools in any county doing? What defines them? And we found four things: They invest in teaching as a career. They really prize having high-quality teachers in every single classroom. ...
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Return of Berlusconi follows resignation of Ma ...The spectre of another Berlusconi premiership panicked the financial markets today and saw Italy and the euro staring into the abyss again.Related StoriesStorm over German plan to supply Saudi Arabia with armoured vehiclesEU official tells Julian Assange 'just go to Sweden'Sarkozy steps in to s ...
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Obama comes out fighting for tax on richBarely a month after re-election, President Barack Obama returned to the campaign trail in Michigan today to press his case for a tax increase for the wealthiest earners, which he wants as part of any grand bargain with Republicans on Capitol Hill to avert the looming "fiscal cliff".Related Stor ...
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Belly dancer's disappearing act delays Berlusc ...Silvio Berlusconi was accused of deliberately impeding the trial in which he is charged with buying sex from a minor and abuse of power, after the key witness failed to turn up yesterday.Related StoriesStorm over German plan to supply Saudi Arabia with armoured vehiclesEU official tells Julian ...
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President's new elf care plansBarack Obama and his family get into the festive spirit at the annual Christmas in Washington concert. The President said he welcomed the chance "to spread some joy and sing along with artists who have much better voices than we do".Related Stories'He was going to blow my brains out': Seven and ...
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Aid workers 'will be at the mercy of the Talib ...Humanitarian projects in Afghanistan will come to a critical crossroads after the withdrawal of international forces in two years, making it imperative for aid agencies to work with the Taliban in some areas. Related StoriesUS drone strike in Pakistan kills three suspected militantsNorth Korea c ...
Rogue Government.com
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UK Energy bills ‘to double in five years’ as ...Energy bills are likely to double within five years as the Government drives a move to green power and building nuclear power stations, it is claimed.
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Blackwater’s New Director: Bill Clinton’s Law ...Blackwater’s rebranding continues at a torrid pace. Danger Room has learned the latest Washington greybeard hired to spruce up the image of the world’s most infamous private security firm is Jack Quinn, a top Washington lobbyist and former White House counsel to President Bill Clinton.
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Government asks Jewish groups to join in anti ...For the first time, the federal government is expanding its community-based anti-terrorism campaign to a religious group — the Jewish community, victims of past attacks in the U.S.
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Analyst: Even Dollar Stores Struggling In ‘Ob ...More stores across the U.S. that offer deeply-discounted products are seeing their sales decline after years of growth amid America’s “Great Recession” — and one analyst said on Monday it’s another sign of even deeper downturn.
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Hackers claim they exposed Booz Allen Hamilto ...Hackers flying the AntiSec banner claimed today that they compromised a server at consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton and have released internal data, including about 90,000 military e-mail addresses.
Innovation Canada
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Safety havenIf Canadian postal workers were to design the perfect winter boot, it would help them avoid slipping on icy walkways, stop them from missing their truck brakes while driving and keep them from getting their crampon spikes stuck in wooden porches.If the hearing impaired were looking for a hearing ...
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Small tools, big impactCancer, heart disease and stroke are leading causes of death among Canadians. As a medical doctor, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering and a Canada Research Chair in Bioengineering and Biophotonics, Victor Yang has a unique perspective on these deadly diseases. Based at ...
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Innovative, naturallyFor the first time this past winter, the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) launched the Emerging Science Journalists Award (ESJA). The award was created to support Canada’s talented young science writers. Below is one of the winning entries by Roslyn Dakin, doctoral candidate in the Departm ...
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A very gourd ideaIt’s been known for years that plants can take up and store trace amounts of hazardous metals like nickel, arsenic and cadmium from contaminated soil in a process called phytoremediation. Until recently, however, scientists assumed that plants weren’t capable of taking up a class of toxic chemic ...
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Johne’s happensTrudging through a dairy farm to collect manure samples isn’t exactly glamorous work, but the odorous task is starting to have a big impact on the health of dairy cattle in Atlantic Canada — and it will save the dairy industry millions of dollars each year. Technicians at the University of Princ ...
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HSBC to pay £1.2bn over Mexico scandalNews of bank's agreement comes hours after Standard Chartered admitted settlement with US regulator over Iran HSBC is expected to admit on Tuesday it has settled allegations of running money for Mexican drug barons for a larger than expected $1.9bn (£1.2bn), barely 24 hours after close r ...
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Strauss-Kahn settles maid's suit, ending New Y ...Dominique Strauss-Kahn agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by the maid who accused him of trying to rape her, resolving a legal saga that ended his term as head of the International Monetary Fund and derailed a potential French presidential bid. Lawyers for Strauss-Kahn and the hotel maid, Nafissa ...
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Google tax dodge: sheltered revenues in no-tax ...Google Inc. (GOOG) avoided about $2 billion in worldwide income taxes in 2011 by shifting $9.8 billion in revenues into a Bermuda shell company, almost double the total from three years before, filings show. By legally funneling profits from overseas subsidiaries into Bermuda, which doesn't hav ...
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Cellphone application creators investigated by ...The government is investigating whether software companies that make cellphone apps violated the privacy rights of children by quietly collecting personal information from mobile devices and sharing it with advertisers and data brokers, the Federal Trade Commission said Monday. Such apps can cap ...
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Iran blames NATO for Increasing drug productio ...Iran on Monday once again lambasted the NATO forces in Afghanistan for increasing drug cultivation, production and trafficking in Afghanistan, saying almost all the world opium production is done in front of the eyes of the foreign troops in Afghanistan. Deputy Head of Iran's Anti-Narcotics Hea ...
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Land of the free . . .ACCORDING TO ZERO HEDGE'S George Washington, "Americans Have Less Access to Justice than Botswanans … And Are More Abused By Police than Kazakhstanis", America is now Amerika with State Security.
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Genetic patents . . .MONSANTO'S MONSTROSITIES? Seems that Monsanto has been really pushy about patents, with the result that WIRED reports "Supreme Court to Rule on Patents for Self-Replicating Products", as people have resisted Monsanto's demands for payment because some of their patented seeds have spread to their ...
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Syria squeezeNATO SAM batteries in Turkey, near enough to the border to knock down Syrian aircraft operating there, US talk about chemical weapon redlines, hints of troop deployments mean something is shifting in the West's approach to the Syrian government. No, I don't think it will be full on Iraq-type inv ...
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Didn't see that coming...Watching events around the new Observer status granted to Palestine at the UN it struck that only real international ally the Israeli rightwing has is the Canadian government. Sure the US continues to provide the Israel material support, but the Obama administration is also frustrated by the pet ...
Media Matters for America
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Fox's Varney Wrong About Millionaires Fleeing ...Fox Business host Stuart Varney claimed that higher taxes on millionaires caused wealthy residents to flee from California and Maryland, leading to lower tax revenues for those states. However, studies show that very few affluent citizens migrate after "millionaire taxes" are imposed, and that t ...
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Fox Encourages Another Disastrous March To The ...Fox News is encouraging Republicans to once again hold up a routine increase in the debt ceiling to exact spending cuts in deficit reduction negotiations with Democrats, though the same tactic previously cost the government billions and resulted in a credit-rating downgrade. Experts agree that a ...
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Fox Garbles Economics To Claim European Auster ...While reporting on budget negotiations, Fox News' Mike Emanuel suggested that Europe's experience with economic austerity measures supports Republicans' calls for more spending cuts and fewer tax increases. But economists agree that cutting government spending hurts weak economies, and a recent ...
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Columbus Dispatch Omits Key Facts On Drug Test ...The Columbus Dispatch published an article discussing a new proposal to drug test welfare beneficiaries, failing to point out that drug testing laws are expensive, medically unsound, and have previously been found unconstitutional. In addition, reports indicate that welfare recipients are n ...
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Fox News Papers Over Obama's Proposed Spending ...Fox News covered up President Obama's willingness to compromise in the ongoing deficit negotiations, suggesting that he has put "nothing on the table" with regard to spending cuts. In fact, Obama has offered a proposal to Congress that includes $400 billion in savings to social insurance program ...
Global Research.ca
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أوتاوا تقاطع طهران : الدعاية الامبريالية ضد اي ...عموميات وأخيرا، أعلنت أوتاوا رأيها بشكل فاصل. لقد قاطعت ايران وتبنت رؤية مانوية للعالم، بل بُوشـَوية(1). فقد أعلن وزير الخارجية الكندية، جون بيرد، أنه تم استدعاء جميع الموظفين الدبلماسيين الكنديين، وأن جميع الدبلوماسيين الإيرانيين في كندا قد تلقوا امرا بمغادرة…
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Israel Defeated at the United NationsThe UN General Assembly has delivered two major defeats to Israel in the last two weeks. The governments of the U.S. and Israel are furious. On Nov. 29, UN member states voted 138-9 with 41 abstentions to advance Palestine’s status…
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Colin Powell: “Iraq has No WMDs and is N ...…
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Libya and Beyond: Obama Turned Out Worse Than Bush…
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US Secretly Pushing for Islamic Fascist Regime ...…
TPM Cafe
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Message to world government: Don't govern the ...You could think of the Aspen IDEA report published today as a letter to the head of the International Telecommunications Union, Hamadoun Touré, suggesting that he should reconsider his intent to put the "light touch" of government on the Internet's operations. M. Touré will be running a majo ...
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Obama and Romney on Foreign Policy - Drawing t ...The political battle lines are being drawn for the general election debate over foreign policy and national security, and you can't do much better than my fellow Democracy Arsenal blogger Michael Cohen for a guide. One key theme of Michael's latest column for ForeignPolicy.com is what a differen ...
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Will Yale's Alumni Save Liberal Education?Hoping to head off alumni resistance to the brand-new "Yale-National University of Singapore" college that the Yale Corporation has created somewhat stealthily in collaboration with the government of that authoritarian city-state, Association of Yale Alumni chairman Michael Madison has inadvert ...
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Neocons Celebrate: We Got MJ Rosenberg, We'll ...The right-wing "pro-Israel" lobby has taken off its mask. In the wake of my departure from Media Matters, it is in a celebratory mood. In one article and column after another, the Israel-is-always-right types cannot contain their feeling of triumph. There are dozens of these articles. Here i ...
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Israel's army yet to name target of al-Dalou f ...Accused of committing a war crime by a leading human rights group, Israel's army will still not identify the target of an airstrike on Gaza City that killed 10 relatives and two neighbo ...
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Man dies of wounds sustained in Gaza war (Ma' ...A man died on Sunday from wounds sustained in Israel's eight day assault on the Gaza Strip in November, medics said. Zeidan al-Nahhal, 48, died in an Egyptian hospital on Sunday after b ...
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Rafah crossing with Egypt still a prison gate ...It is two years since the Arab “revolutions” began, and the changes in Egypt brought much hope for people in Gaza. But for so many still waiting at Rafah, things are frustratingly the same.
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Soldiers Kidnap 9, Including 3 Children, In Th ...The Israeli army kidnapped late on Friday evening, and on Saturday at dawn, nine Palestinians, including three children, in different parts of the occupied West Bank. Local sources in B ...
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Soldiers Attack Bil'in Weekly Protest Against ...The Friends of Freedom and Justice Committee in Bil'in, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, reported Friday that Israeli soldiers attacked the weekly nonviolent protest against ...
Water - AlterNet
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Is it Time to Just Say No to Eating Beef?Like plastic bags, coal, and SUVs, beef has few friends in the environmental community. Most environmentalists would point to beef — in particular, beef cattle that spend their final days in confined feedlots — as being responsible for an array of ills — the greenhouse gas ...
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Vandana Shiva: Everything I Need to Know I Lea ...My ecological journey started in the forests of the Himalaya. My father was a forest conservator, and my mother became a farmer after fleeing the tragic partition of India and Pakistan. It is from the Himalayan forests and ecosystems that I learned most of what I know about ecology. The songs ...
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Bombing North Dakota: What It's Like to Live A ...In 1979, Brenda and Richard Jorgenson built a split level home in the midst of a large ranch outside the tiny town of White Earth, North Dakota. Richard’s family is from the area – his grandfather started homesteading on the plains in 1915 – and the couple’s affinit ...
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Catastrophe in the Making: Mining for Uranium ...This article was published in partnership with GlobalPossibilities.org.We know many of our tragedies by name; in recent years we have met Andrew, Katrina, Ike, Irene, and most recently, Sandy. They defied our expectations — the lost lives, ruined homes, ransacked communities. Ther ...
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Think Fracking Is Bad? The East Coast May Open ...This article was published in partnership with GlobalPossibilities.org.We know many of our tragedies by name; in recent years we have met Andrew, Katrina, Ike, Irene, and most recently, Sandy. They defied our expectations — the lost lives, ruined homes, ransacked communities. There ...
Public Citizen in Texas
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Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) Dit ...The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has taken a step that any self-respecting supporter of renewable energy should do – ditched the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). This relationship looked a lot like the fabled one between the scorpion and tortoise. Despite member ...
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No title$25 Advance Tickets ($35 at Door, please register in advance) (Tickets include live entertainment, all food and beverages) Co-Hosted by: Texas Green Network, Austin Eco Network, Public Citizen, Design Build Live, USGBC-Central Texas Chapter, Center for Maximum Potential, Texas League of Con ...
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Koch Brothers Exposed Screening with Progress ...Progress Texas is hosting a special screening of the documentary Koch Brothers Exposed at the Alamo Drafthouse on South Lamar. They have already sold out more than half the theater – be sure to reserve your seats now before they sell out! From director Robert Greenwald (Outfoxed, WalMart: ...
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New Sea Level Rise Study Indicates the Impacts ...In a new peer-reviewed scientific study, experts said satellite data show sea levels rose by 3.2 millimeters a year from 1993 to 2011 — 60 percent faster than the 2 mm annual rise projected by the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) for that period, however the IPCC wa ...
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Texas Renewables Conference 2012I want to alert you to a unique opportunity this December. It’s a special conference and video-taping called Renewable Energy and The Unified Energy System. And it’s going to be at the Lost Pines Resort just outside of Austin on the way to Bastrop. Renewable Energy has truly come of age. Solar ...
Unexplained Mysteries
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Astronomer Sir Patrick Moore dies, aged 89The legendary astronomer and presenter of 'The Sky at Night' passed away on Sunday afternoon. Known for his eccentric style, trademark monocle and uns...
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Did volcanoes kill the dinosaurs ?A new study has suggested that volcanic activity was responsible for wiping out the dinosaurs. What caused the dinosaurs to go extinct 65 million year...
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Company offers $1.5 billion Moon tripsA new company headed by two ex-NASA officials hopes to provide flights before the decade is out. Talk of a manned Moon mission has intensified lately ...
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Where is Genghis Khan buried ?800 years after he died, has the burial site of one of history's greatest conquerors finally been found ? The location of Genghis Khan's grave has lon...
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Largest Egyptian sarcophagus discoveredArchaeologists have identified the largest sarcophagus ever found in Egypt's Valley of the Kings. The enormous casket is made of red granite and was b...
Grassroots
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Solidarity with Detroit Communities to Stop La ...cja_in_detroit_sept_2012.jpg read more
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People Power versus HydropowerSubheadline: Affected communities say mega-dams put profit over people, environment brazil-mab-demonstration.jpg A massive, very active social movement against the loss of ...
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Indigenous Kaiowá in Brazil Pledge ‘Collective ...Leaders of the Guarani Kaiowá boldly announced that the entire community would rather die in their land defending from businesses and corporations. Their assertion is more than a war declaration. For us, the buyers of “clean energy,” their pronouncement is a jarring wake-up call that the “Green ...
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SOFA’s Violence Against Women Campaign in Hait ...b_350_0_16777215_00___images_stories_women_2012-12-20_afiche_mujeres.jpg Although the January 2010 earthquake suspended the government’s work on a national strategy to combat violence against women, women’s organizations led by SOFA ...
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Rehabilitating Haiti’s Central Plateau through ...mpp_november_2012_blog.jpg The Peasant Movement of Papaye (MPP) is one example of the amazing work peasant organizations are doing across rural communities in Haiti. In those communities, peasant organizations are working hard with limited ...
Climate
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Report: Electric Car Company Better Place Layi ...(GigaOm) Following a difficult year, the departure of the founding CEO, and new fund raising efforts, electric car infrastructure company Better Place has been laying off hundreds of employees in Israel, according to Israeli business m ...
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Climate Change Creates Grizzly Conflicts in Arctic(Vancouver Sun) Climate change is pushing tundra grizzlies into Arctic communities where they would not normally be seen, raising issues about human safety and conservation of the bears. Vincent L'Hérault, a biologist and PhD student ...
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Carnegie Scientists Unveil Initial Data on Ama ...(Nature News) Scientists were still debating the satellite signal of the megadrought that struck the Amazon Basin in 2005 when another megadrought hit in 2010. That work continues, but this time around the Carnegie Institution for Scie ...
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Encana Calls on EPA to Abandon Pavillion Test ...(Wyoming Star-Tribune) The company in the center of a groundwater contamination debate thinks the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency should abandon its monitoring wells near Pavillion and refocus its investigation. Officials represe ...
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White House Seeks $60.4 Billion for Sandy Reco ...(The Ticket) President Barack Obama formally asked Congress Friday for $60.4 billion to help states such as New Jersey and New York rebuild in the aftermath of devastating Superstorm Sandy. "Our Nation has an obligation to assist thos ...
GreenBiz
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Sustainability issues among top 10 global concernsAlthough the list of global trends was mostly dominated by political and economic concerns, some key sustainability issues were at the top of leaders’ minds.
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Pollution prevention internships find lost val ...Does your company need help improving efficiency and cutting costs? Pollution prevention interns could be the solution.
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How She Leads: Beth Sauerhaft of PepsiCo Behind the scenes at PepsiCo's sustainability efforts with Beth Sauerhaft, Ph.D., Director of Global Environmental Sustainability.
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Sustainability gains importance for private eq ...Environmental, social and governance issues take on increased prominence in the private equity industry.
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How the University of Iowa busted silos to boo ...Making sustainability matter was no easy task at the 30,000-student institution that's Iowa's biggest educator, health care provider, and sporting draw.
Duly Noted
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Ethiopia and Eritrea: An elusive peace on the ...Ethiopia and Eritrea are still at each others’ throats. The two neighbours fought hammer and tongs in sun-baked trenches during a two-year war over a decade ago, before a peace deal ended their World War I-style conflict in 2000. Furious veRed Sea, UNrbal battles, however, have continued to this ...
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A Mafia in FATA: Haqqanis and DronesA new report about the Haqqani network's business interests raises questions about the anti-drones narrative in Pakistan
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Are African governments suppressing art?The dust is finally settling on the storm that was kicked off in South Africa by a controversial painting of President Jacob Zuma with his genitals exposed.
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Greek debt – remember the goatsGreece's creditors have essentially let it off the hook by overwhelmingly agreeing to take a 74 percent loss. So what better time to remember one of the first times Athens got in trouble with paying its debts.
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Greeks on the streetGreeks smashing windows and setting fire to shops and banks in a fury of opposition to yet more austerity is gripping, but not unique. There are underlying elements than make such uprisings more common in Greece than elsewhere.
Booman Tribune
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Can GOP Say Yes on Immigration Reform? Today is a travel day for me, but I will be back to my regular routine tomorrow. I want to drop a quick note on this POLITICO/George Washington University Battleground poll on people's attitudes about immigration reform. The overall numbers are encouraging, but let me point out that only 49% o ...
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Casual Observation I still don't see how John Boehner can convince his caucus to vote for a bill that the president negotiated and that the Democratically-controlled Senate will support. I think the right spent too much time turning Obama into a monster. And they can't support anything he is trying to do. I ...
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Bob Corker Talks Hostage TakingSenator Corker of the great state of Tennessee once again wants to hold the debt ceiling gun to America's head so he can cut Social Security and Medicare benefits (and Medicaid, disability, veteran benefits and who knows what else). Because threatening to take down our country's economy - agai ...
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YouTube Thread I have very limited time this weekend (and tomorrow) for looking at the Internet, let alone writing anything. But I don't think it would matter if I did. Nothing interesting is happening. Even worse, for the first time ever, I came in last place in our fantasy league. So, no playoffs for me. ...
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Maybe the Third Biggest Story Politically, I think the biggest stories of the 2012 elections were that the Republicans have a real problem on the national level and that the Democrats have a real problem on the district level. Demographic change has put the White House almost out of theoretical reach for the GOP, but so has ...
Environmental Graffiti
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The Birth of a Painted Lady Butterfly in PicturesIn these stunning photographs, we're treated to a close-up look at a Painted Lady butterfly as it emerges from its chrysalis. It's Mother Nature at her most magical. This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
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7 Incredible Boulder-Strewn LandscapesBoulders of different shapes and sizes fill these seven stunning landscapes around the world... Incredible boulder-strewn scenes. This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
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5 Coolest Links of the WeekFrom serious matters like dangerous prisons and extremely small people, to lighter issues like rip-off brands, rappers playing cops, and some tattoos it might do to remov This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article ...
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10 Most Bizarre Cat Breeds on EarthCats, a lot like people, come in all shapes and sizes. Here are ten of the more bizarre cat breeds – amazing variations found among one of our favorite types of pet. This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
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Exploring the Remains of England's Top-Secret ...Scheduled for demolition and prowled by security, the abandoned Pystock jet engine testing facility makes for fascinating exploration. If you can get in, that is. This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
Foreign Policy in Focus
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People, Machines, and Challenging the Election ...The declared loser in the Ghana presidential election is not going gently into the electoral good night.
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Deja Vu on the Korean PeninsulaNorth Korea will not consider relinquishing its nuclear program without fundamental changes to the security dynamic in the region.
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Y-12 Activists May Be Barred From Bringing up ...Federal prosecutors seek to remove justification for the existence of nuclear weapons from the trial of the Transform Now Plowshares Three.
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The Roundabout Road Back To TahrirEgyptian President Mohamed Morsi may have inadvertently provided his critics with a temporary unifying device.
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Foiled Coup Against Sudan's President Bashir E ...Sudan President Omar al-Bashir detains "elbow lickers" in "ghost houses."
Global Elite
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Al Jazeera
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Israeli army raids West Bank NGO officesSoldiers raid offices of three civil society organisations in Ramallah, confiscating and damaging equipment.
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Mali prime minister resigns after arrestCheick Modibo Diarra announces his resignation on state TV, hours after being arrested by soldiers linked to March coup.
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Berlusconi says PM to blame for recession Former Italian prime minister accuses Mario Monti of following "Germano-centric" policies to worsen country's economy.
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Syria rebels make Aleppo gainsAt least 35 government troops reported killed in assault on Sheik Suleiman military base, as refugee numbers soar.
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Mandela 'responding to treatment'Former South African president suffers recurrence of a lung infection but is recovering, government says.
Green Inc. - NYT
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Fighting the 'Resource Curse,' Part 2In a new approach, the World Bank hopes to support more equitable African development by helping countries negotiate better resource extraction contracts.
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The Budding Health Care Costs of Climate ChangeA growing number of public health experts are recognizing the need to integrate information about a changing climate into their disaster preparedness and response planning.
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U.S. Agricultural Research Is Faltering, Repor ...A presidential panel warns that research is not keeping pace with problems like climate change, water shortages and new pathogens.
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Vast Land Deal Divides DetroitAn entrepreneur proposes to buy 140 acres in the heart of Detroit and turn it into a farm, or at the very least, urban woodland. But some residents and planners see the initiative as a land grab.
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Mourning an Alpha FemaleThe wolf known as 832F, shot and killed outside Yellowstone National Park last week, was admired by fans for her strength, fecundity and parenting skills.
Dot Earth News
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A Welcome Reality Checker Amid Appeals to Fear ...Vaclav Smil looks at an inevitable megadisaster, electric cars and fertilizer fears.
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From Rio to Doha, 'They Just Talk, Talk, Talk, ...A theme song for indeterminate climate treaty negotiations.
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Damning Review of Gas Study Prompts a Shakeup ...A damning review of a shale gas study prompts big changes at the University of Texas Energy Institute.
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A Fresh Look at the Not-So-Dark Side of EarthA NASA satellite takes a fresh look at the spreading nighttime signs of human civilization.
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A Climate Scientist Proposes a 'Fair Plan' for ...A climate scientist sees room for optimism on limiting warming.
Doug Feith : Hong Pong
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EXCLUSIVE MnDOT info cake: 2.97gb emails/docs ...After a long wait, on Nov 28 2012, the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) released ~2.97 gigabytes of data from inside the development of a GPS-based vehicle tracking system intended to introduce a vehicle tax - which would entail a great deal of data constantly collected by the gove ...
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A few more elements on the semi-suspended MN D ...Previously on hongpong.com: MK Occupy Minnesota: The Drug Recognition Evaluator BCA Investigation files (Nov 12 2012) -- MK Occupy Minnesota (May 3 2012) The training section of Minnesota's Drug Recognition Evaluator program continues to be suspended, after a 513-page Bureau of Criminal Apprehen ...
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MK Occupy Minnesota: The Drug Recognition Eval ...By Dan Feidt -- hongpong.com -- MINNEAPOLIS -- NOV 12 2012 -- Law enforcement officers under a state training program called Drug Recognition Evaluators encouraged people in downtown Minneapolis, including Occupy Minnesota protesters at Peavey Plaza and other vulnerable and houseless people to p ...
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Occupy gets rolling in Sandy disaster relief; ...Via Occupy Sandy Relief NYC 4 hrs ago: https://www.facebook.com/OccupySandyReliefNyc?fref=ts >>> #NOT ANOTHER KATRINA <<< Contrary to what might be inferred by a media and government blackout - Rockaway IS. NOT. RECOVERING. We can't stress this enough. It looks li ...
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Question Time: Jimmy Savile pedophile network ..."What you have to understand, John, is that sometimes there are forces and events too big, too powerful, with so much at stake for other people or institutions, that you cannot do anything about them, no matter how evil or wrong they are and no matter how dedicated or sincere you are or how mu ...
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William Ostendorff, GOP-Appointed Regulator, U ...Source: Huffington Post The inspector general at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has launched an investigation into a GOP political appointee for attempting to thwart an agency probe into safety concerns at a Michigan plant, NRC insiders tell The Huffington Post. In late May, ...
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William Ostendorff, GOP-Appointed Regulator, U ...Source: Huffington Post The inspector general at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has launched an investigation into a GOP political appointee for attempting to thwart an agency probe into safety concerns at a Michigan plant, NRC insiders tell The Huffington Post. In late May, ...
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No One Will Be Charged with a Crime for the MF ...Source: The Atlantic Wire Authorities are winding down their criminal investigation of the failed brokarage firm, MF Global, and despite the lack of oversight and the loss of more than $1 billion in customer funds, it now seems unlikely that anyone at the firm will face criminal ch...
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No One Will Be Charged with a Crime for the MF ...Source: The Atlantic Wire Authorities are winding down their criminal investigation of the failed brokarage firm, MF Global, and despite the lack of oversight and the loss of more than $1 billion in customer funds, it now seems unlikely that anyone at the firm will face criminal ch...
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Climate Change Poses Food Distribution Risks, ...* Bridges, roads could be washed away, hitting harvest transport * "High degree of confidence" weather extremes linked to climate change * Enough food, but problem is distribution - professor By Environment Correspondent Alister Doyle OSLO, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Downpours and heatwaves caused ...
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Canada Should Tell Mining Firm to Stop Bullyin ...Re-posted with permission from Embassy Magazine: Vancouver-based mining company Pacific Rim is butting heads with the government of El Salvador.
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Why the World Bank Must Divest from Fossil FuelsThe World Bank should do the math and step of to the challenge of climate change.
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The Private Sector's Murky Role in Climate FinanceMultinational corporations and investment banks shouldn't dominate financing of climate adaptations, says Janet Redman, reporting live from the UN Climate Summit, Doha, Qatar.
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Doha Talks Show Need for Climate Action in Pos ...Will the United States ever change its policy of obstructing international action to stop climate change? If so, the political pressure to change the country's role will have to come from the American people.
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This Week in OtherWords: Fiscal Swindle Specia ...At least $881 billion in creative revenue-raisers and spending cuts belong on the table.
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Afghan government blames Pakistan for attempt ...The Afghan President and senior cabinet officials have described the recent assassination attempt against the country’s spy chief as the work of “a professional intelligence service” and said they would be asking Pakistan “for clarification”.
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Israel special forces conducting cross-border ...Teams of Israeli special forces are currently operating inside Syria in an effort to detect and sabotage the Syrian military’s chemical and biological arsenal.
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News you may have missed #815 (analysis edition)Should polygraph tests be trusted? Why the US does not need another law against intelligence leaks. The preventable decline of British defense intelligence.
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Illegal spy agency operated in West Germany, n ...Conservative politicians in Cold-War West Germany set up an illegal domestic intelligence agency in order to spy on their political rivals, a forthcoming book claims.
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Swiss intelligence employee stole ‘millions’ o ...Swiss authorities have warned Western intelligence agencies that their secrets may have been compromised by a disgruntled intelligence employee who stole “thousands or even millions of pages of classified material”.
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Syria BoilsSyria Boils by Stephen Lendman News from Syria is grim. Libya 2.0 looms. Fabricating a chemical weapons threat looks like pretext for full-scale war. read more
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Abbas: Betrayal Pays WellAbbas: Betrayal Pays Well by Stephen Lendman In 2003, Forbes magazine estimated Yasser Arafat's wealth at about $300 million. No verifying source was listed. Fatah was notoriously corrupt. It still is today. Its finances are a black hole. Bribes, foreign aid, se ...
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On Torture Memo Authors John Yoo & Jay Bybeeby San Francisco World Can't Wait. "Let them die and decrease the surplus population." Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol Scrooge and Company torture health care.The Berkeley Federalist Society has assigned Torture Memo author John Yoo(yes, the guy who defines severe pain amounting to tort ...
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Syria News - Dec 11U.S. designates Syrian group Al Nusra as terrorist organization - The Washington Post Syrian rebels defy US and pledge allegiance to jihadi group Al Nusra - Telegraph Al Nusra and and allied jihadists groups seize key north Syria army base, many of the fighters were foreigners from ...
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UN Development Goals Could Be Met With a Few P ...Here's a useful new report from the International Peace Bureau. Globally, the report finds, spending on war preparations is higher than ever as an absolute amount and as a percentage of public spending (if not as a percentage of GDP). This spending is led and dominated by the United ...
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The age-old battle of goats versus tortoisesby Sarah Laskow. Before reading further in this post, ask yourself a question (and answer honestly): Which do you care about more, guiltless (if hungry) goats or the Galápagos Islands' giant tortoises? If you answered goats, this post will make you sad. Here was the ...
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Watch an orca chase a shark out of the waterby Sarah Laskow. Orcas might be charismatic movie stars, but they are also killer whales. A family of beachgoers in New Zealand caught on film an orca fighting with a few sharks. One shark was so eager to get away from the whale that it beached itself in the shallow water. (That's t ...
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What environmental policy could we expect from ...by Jess Zimmerman. Stephen Colbert has officially thrown his hat in the ring for definitely possibly considering a run for president. He's already out-polling Jon Huntsman! So what kind of environmental policy platform could we expect from a President Colbert? Well, for starters, no ...
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Don’t believe the hype about the ‘ ...by Christopher Mims. Some chemists came up with a really clever way to observe the intermediate stage of an atmospheric chemical reaction, and then some PR flack got a hold of it and suddenly science has invented a brand-new molecule that will solve all our climate change woes! As usual, t ...
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Congressional staffers will stop betting on wi ...by Jess Zimmerman. We here at Grist mock a lot of people. But we don't always manage to mock some sense into them. Which is why we're pretty psyched about the response to Sarah Laskow's feature story revealing that congressional staffers were making deadly wildfires into a fun ...
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Woman Sued for $750,000 for a Negative ReviewA woman is sued $750,000 for the review she left of a workman on Yelp.
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What Does the Future Hold for SEO Rank Checkin ...Popular SEO tool drops its rank-checking module; does this foreshadow changes in the industry?
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WalkMe: The Online ParentThe article is a review (more emotional than technical) of a great UX Tool called WalkMe.
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As For the Mayan Calendar, December 21, 2012, ...Some fear that at the end of the Mayan Calendar, December 21, 2012, a cataclysmic event will occur on earth.
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Oblivion Trailer – Starring Tom CruiseOpens in theaters next year April 19th
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Should NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg Buy the Fin ...Should NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg Buy the Financial Times?
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Chávez's Cancer Relapse: Can Venezuela' ...President Hugo Chávez acknowledges that he could be sidelined for good, and a special presidential election might be on the horizon. Can his oil-fueled revolution function without him?
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Debt-Ravaged Greece Aced a Financial-Literacy ...In a poll, Greeks tested highest in all of Europe for mastery of personal financial issues. Here's what this impossible finding means
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In Italy, Will Monti's Exit Mean Berlusconi's ...In Italy, Will Monti's Exit Mean Berlusconi's Return?
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Entitlement Cuts Loom as Obstacle to Fiscal Cl ...Obama has expressed willingness to cut a deal that scales back federal entitlements, but many Democrats are loath to agree to cuts
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The Satanic Schematic and the Devil Inside. Sm ...By Visible This is a very important situation and something Mr. Apocalypse is concerning himself with, as a high priority matter. From this we can see how very obvious it is that a world wide Satanic network has taken control of the governments and religions of the world …in the lar ...
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Maya Banned from performing ceremonies at ance ...Mexican authorities have banned Maya spiritual leaders from performing ceremonies at their ancestral temples, which are about to be overrun by a curious assortment of conspiracy theorists, dooms-dayers, new-agers and well-intentioned tourists who just want to be apart of the festivities. The Cer ...
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Still Pretending on Israel’s Nuke ArsenalThe United States has blocked a conference aimed at banning nuclear weapons in the Middle East, thus shielding Israel from criticism for keeping a rogue nuclear arsenal even as it threatens to attack Iran for the mere “capacity” to build a bomb. This latest move is counterproductive, says ex-CIA ...
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Russia will not allow Libyan scenario in Syria ...Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has expressed Moscow’s strong opposition to repetition of the Libyan scenario in the conflict-stricken Syria, stressing that the Kremlin will not allow such a thing happen again. “We’ll not allow the Libyan experience to be reproduced in Syria. Unfortunatel ...
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Corporate Giant Comes Out Against GMOsIt has come to our attention that Kaiser Permanente, the largest managed healthcare organization in the United States, has advised its members against GMOs (genetically modified organisms) in food. In its Northwest Fall 2012 newsletter, Kaiser suggested membership limit exposure to genetically m ...
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Less Than a Week AwayWe encourage you to register for Awake and Aware.George Green will be a featured speaker.September 19th & 20th • Burbank, CAClick here for Tickets & Reservations
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The Georgia GuidestonesOn one of the highest hilltops in Elbert County, Georgia stands a huge granite monument. Engraved in eight different languages on the four giant stones that support the common capstone are 10 Guides, or commandments. That monument is alternately referred to as The Georgia Guidestones, or the ...
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The CreationTHE CREATION (A recent message given to George Green from the "guys upstairs") We are pleased to bring understanding and clarification on what is the Creation. This is a challenge because your language of communication has not the words for describing this conception of Creation. So as not to pu ...
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The Long Emergency: Surviving the Converging C ...In his previous books, James Kunstler focused on the shortsighted vision of suburban planning; now he expands that view to the country's urban growth challenges and the need to drastically change our current course of auto and oil dependency. The Long Emergency is filled with history plus eye-op ...
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About George GreenDear Friends, Thank you for your interest in our catalog of unusual and informative materials. The knowledge gained will give you choices in the days ahead and lessons of discernment as the chaos increases. It is necessary for those of you who are now in the "know" so to speak, to begin to fo ...
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Cartoon caption contestTake a look at the cartoon below and enter your caption idea in the comment section (more ifo on prize, etc. below the cartoon). Eligible captions will be those posted on my site, Elephant Journal, Wend Magazine, PlanetSave, Eco-Snobbery Sucks, Ecolutionist, Ecopolitology, and Twilight Earth. Wi ...
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Exposed: Why the GOP wants to eliminate Clean ...Whether we can believe this see-through-elephant-trunk footage or not, the possibility that elephants have a triple fitration system within their trunks has to have some credence. Otherwise, why on earth would leading Republicans try to make it easier for big polluters to further pollute the air ...
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Apples may lose trees [cartoon]The rest of Joe Mohr’s cartoons, and cartoon updates and other green news on Twitter @GreenCartoons. Related posts:The Aging Activist Monsanto Gets Beat–May Lose Beets (cartoon) Eco-Snobbery Sucks: The Cartoon Related posts:The Aging Activist Monsanto Gets Beat–May Lose Beets (cartoo ...
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Mixed message from USDA chief Vilsack [cartoon]US Ag Secretary, Tom Vilsack tells us to eat more natural foods a few days after fully deregulating GMO alfalfa…I’m confused. Confused as well? Read the links below and try to figure out this mess. From The New York Times: Government’s Dietary Advice: Eat Less From Elephant Journal: ...
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BREAKING: Deleted Monsanto cartoon panel, leaked!Unlike the former Monsanto cartoon on this subject, this version shows a bit more clearly who surrendered the future of organic agriculture to Monsanto. There’s been a lot of talk from both sides (organic and biotech) about compromise. That is misleading and almost laughable (read: cryable ...
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Dutch Engineer Uses CAD-Based Laser Program to ...Dutch engineer Johan Von Konow has created a stunning gingerbread house – but instead of using traditional techniques he used a 50W laser engraver with a simple CAD program! Johan first created an “accurate, miniature 3D representation of his summer house in a CAD program” befo ...
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The ELF: A Half-Bike, Half-Car Solar and Pedal ...If you have ever wished that your bicycle had a little more cargo space, but you didn’t want to give up all of the benefits that come with it, the ELF may just be the answer. Part bicycle and part car, the ELF is a three-wheeled solar-electric-assist velomobile created by Organic Transit. The ve ...
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Scientists Create Brain Cells from Human UrineUrine is pretty amazing stuff: It can power everything from personal generators to plasma thrusters in space. But the power of pee isn’t limited to generating energy; new research proves that we can actually make human brain cells from urine. Scientists in China have begun experimenting wi ...
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Reliance Foundry Launches Cutting-Edge Solar B ...When they are doing their job effectively, you might not pay any attention to the outdoor lamps that illuminate your nighttime path. But the recently launched Solar-powered Bollard Lighting Collection from outdoor lighting company Reliance Foundry incorporates cutting-edge technology that deserv ...
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Nelson Cultural Center: A LEED Gold Addition t ...Read the rest of Nelson Cultural Center: A LEED Gold Addition to the American Swedish Institute in Minneapolis Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: american swedish institute, eco design, eco museum, green architecture, Green Building, green design, green roof, HGA, LEED go ...
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Pogue's 12 Days of Gadgets: CardNinja Cellphon ...David Pogue gives on Day 3: CardNinja, a clever, stretchy-silky backpack for your cellphone. It holds cash and credit cards. Choice of colors, $18.
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Pogue's Christmas Gadgets: The Zooka Bluetooth ...Carbon Audio's Zooka speaker is designed like a foot-long tube, made of hard silicone rubber. It pops onto the edge of a tablet or laptop and gives better sound than those devices' tiny speakers.
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Pogue's Christmas Gadgets: Monopoly, the Zappe ...Here's the first entry in the first week of the first year of a new feature: David Pogue's 12 Gadgets of Christmas. Today's entry: Monopoly Zapped, a version of the game that lets an iPad or iPhone count the money.
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Apple Rolls Out a Cleaner iTunesApple has introduced the free iTunes 11 for download. It's still the front end for music, videos and iGadgets, and its features and personality are much the same. But the design has been overhauled - deeply, controversially, but, in general, successfully.
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Laptop Buyers Should Pay Some Attention to the ...David Pogue says it's been a long, patient slot for Google to get here, but with year after year of careful tweaks and improvements - and a jaw-dropping $250 price - the Chromebook is finally ready for prime time.
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What Should We Name NASA’s New Mars Rover?With the monumental success of NASA's Curiosity rover, the agency recently decided to build a younger sibling for the probe out of spare parts. Here we've collected some of the best online responses for what to name the new rover. ...
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Videos: Rare Glimpses of Amazing Birds-of-Para ...An eight-year project to capture photos and video of the 39 species of birds of paradise has delivered an amazing collection of these crazy-looking birds' plumage courtship rituals. The project involved more than 200 flights, 18 expeditions and thousands of ...
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Wired Science Space Photo of the Day: Lonely P ...Located in a relatively vacant region of space about 4200 light-years away and difficult to see using an amateur telescope, the lonesome planetary nebula NGC 7354 is often overlooked. However, thanks to this image captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space ...
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Wired Science Space Photo of the Day: Star For ...The spectacular star-forming Carina Nebula has been captured in great detail by the VLT Survey Telescope at ESO’s Paranal Observatory. This picture was taken with the help of Sebastián Piñera, President of Chile, during his visit to the observatory on ...
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Wired Science Space Photo of the Day: Winter M ...The high-resolution stereo camera on ESA’s Mars Express imaged the Charitum Montes region of the Red Planet on 18 June, near to Gale crater and the Argyre basin featured in our October and November image releases.
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Syria Government: USA May Be Trying To Frame U ...The Syrian regime has written to the UN, warning that it believes the US may attempt to frame it by alleging that it has used chemical weapons on so called “rebels”, as well as innocent civilians
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Unemployment Is Not Going Down: The Employment ...The mainstream media is heralding the decline of the official unemployment rate to 7.7 percent as evidence that the U.S. economy is improving. But it is a giant lie. The truth is that unemployment in America is not actually going down. The percentage of working age Americans with a job actual ...
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Jamie Foxx Jokes About Killing ‘All the White ...Singer/actor Jamie Foxx hosted Saturday Night Live this weekend, and his comments were racially-charged from the outset. For those who don’t recall, Foxx is the man who recently told us that we should “honor” our “lord and savior” Barack Obama. “I’m dressed in all black, cause it’s good to be ...
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3,000 US troops secretly return to Iraq via KuwaitOver 3,000 US troops have secretly returned to Iraq via Kuwait for missions pertaining to the recent developments in Syria and northern Iraq, Press TV reports. According to our correspondent, the US troops have secretly entered Iraq in multiple stages and are mostly stationed at Balad mil ...
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Fluoride Removal Victory in New YorkPulaski, New York may be a small town of just 2,400 residents, but it has now added itself to the list of more than 130 communities across the country that have banned the addition of fluoride to their water supply
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The Death of Empathy in Cruel, Heartless BritainLast Wednesday, while George Osborne was delivering his Autumn Statement, taking aim at the most vulnerable members of society once more, with another savage attack on the welfare state, I was in central London, and I returned home after he had made his smug and visibly heartless performance in ...
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Quarterly Fundraiser: Please Help Me Raise $25 ...Please support my work! Dear friends, Times are hard, and I don’t want to make them any harder, but the time has come around again when I ask you, if you can, to help support my work as an independent investigative journalist, researcher and commentator. I put out an appeal every three mon ...
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Will Guantánamo Ever Be Closed?Nearly eleven years after the Bush administration’s “war on terror” prison opened on the US naval base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, its much-mooted closure seems as remote as ever. Last week, there were encouraging noises, when Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), the chairwoman of the Se ...
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Photos of South East London At Night: Tunnels, ...South East London At Night: Tunnels, the River and the Surrey Canal, a set on Flickr. As part of my ongoing project to photograph the whole of London by bike — and specifically as the last part of five photo sets recording various autumnal journeys around my home in Brockley, in south east ...
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An Impossible Suicide at GuantánamoI wrote the following article for the “Close Guantánamo” website, which I established in January with US attorney Tom Wilner. Please join us — just an email address is required to be counted amongst those opposed to the ongoing existence of Guantánamo, and to receive updates of our activities by ...
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U.K. Dash for Shale Gas a Test for Global FrackingThe United Kingdom, reliant on natural gas, moves toward lifting its hydraulic fracturing ban. But here and elsewhere around the globe, fracking faces challenges.
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Natural Gas Nation: EIA Sees U.S. Future Shape ...The U.S. government energy outlook sees broad impact of new oil and gas abundance. Renewable energy captures a small future share without policy or technological change.
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High-Voltage DC Breakthrough Could Boost Renew ...An advance in grid technology could give Thomas Edison's favored mode of electricity delivery, DC, a chance to ramp up clean power today.
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Giant Sequoias Grow Faster With AgeOlder trees beat out youngsters when it comes to bulking up, a new study says.
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Tracking California's Rivers of RainNew weather stations are helping California forecasters better predict flooding from damaging storms called the "pineapple express."
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Don't Turn Your Back on the Bankers for Even a ...The ink on the legislation is still drying and, already, the mortgage mill industry is trying to gut the little things that might help to hold them accountable for their bit part in the complete economic collapse of this nation: Dodd-Frank requires that lenders retain five percent of every loan ...
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Sarah Palin: Mayor of New Milford?Is this a parody or real life? You decide. Citizens of New Milford: I want you to know that I'm on the job 24/7. Twenty four hours a week, seven months a year. But even with this strict time commitment, I can't be expected to keep up with everything going on in this vast metropolis. That's why ...
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Much like the "conservative" GOP...The conservative Blue Dogs acted as Bush's domestic poodles, helping to move a dangerous right wing agenda. They were owned by the right wing and corporations and there is no big surprise why more than half of the Blue Dog caucus (28 of 54 members) were slaughtered in the 2010 elections. So f ...
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Stop Drinking and Start Doing, Dem Dumb DumbsSober up, Dems. You started sucking suds when you captured the Congress in 2006. Since 2008 you've been binge drinking with Congress and the Prez. You even nibbled on some hot wings and pub nuts. Burp! And now the bartender just cut your drunk, lazy, liberal, progressive, leftie ass off. Y ...
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The People Have Spoken. And Their Message Is ...So. What the heck happened last night? The GOP picked up 60 seats in the House, effectively reversing their losses there from 2006 and 2008, and returning control of that body to them. The GOP picked up some 6 seats in the Senate, but the Democratic Party retains control there. The GOP picked u ...
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FBI: Anti-Muslim Hate Crimes Remain Relatively ...Hate crimes against perceived Muslims, which jumped up 50% in 2010 largely as a result of anti-Muslim propagandizing, remained at relatively high levels last year, according to 2011 hate crime statistics released today by the FBI. The bureau reported that there were 157 reported anti-Muslim hate ...
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More Links Between Alaska Serial Killer and Ra ...Confessed serial killer Israel Keyes committed suicide in an Alaska jail cell last weekend by slitting his wrist with a disposable razor and strangling himself with a sheet tied between his neck and extended foot, authorities say. Before killing himself, the 34-year-old man, who was exposed to C ...
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Suspected ‘Sovereign’ Arrested in North Dakota ...A kidnapping suspect with suspected extremist connections and a history of assaulting police was arrested Wednesday after attempting to hijack a tractor-trailer rig at a truck stop in Bismarck, N.D. Mitchell L. Walck, wanted for shooting at an Idaho state trooper last weekend and later kidnappin ...
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Four Anarchists Sentenced in Cleveland Bridge ...Four young self-described anarchists caught planning to blow up an Ohio bridge in an FBI sting operation have received sentences ranging from six to 11½ years in federal prison. Anthony M. Hayne, 35, of Cleveland, the first to plead guilty and the last of the four to be sentenced, received a six ...
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Hatewatch Exclusive: Alaska Serial Killer Expo ...A confessed serial killer and bank robber who took his own life in an Alaska jail cell on Sunday was exposed to the racist and anti-Semitic beliefs of Christian Identity theology during his childhood in a rural corner of Washington state, Hatewatch has learned. Israel Keyes, 34, now linked to at ...
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Google's $2 Billion Tax Dodge Prompts Inquirie ...Google Inc., avoided some $2 billion in worldwide taxes in 2011 by moving $9.8 billion in revenues— about 80 percent of the company's pretax profits—to a Bermuda shell company, Bloomberg reports. The figure is nearly double the amount the Internet giant shifted three years ago&md ...
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Israel Implicated in Leaking Misleading Info o ...A largely misleading and vastly exaggerated "exclusive" "leak" published by the Associated Press last week, which boasted that the news agency had obtained information proving that Iran was working on a nuclear bomb, and was quickly debunked by the Guardian's Glenn Greenw ...
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'Zero Dark Thirty': Likely US Blockbuster Slam ...The Hollywood epic, Zero Dark Thirty, which will hit US movie theaters just in time for Christmas is being lambasted by journalists and critics for its attempt to whitewash history by presenting torture techniques used by the CIA during the Bush years as a key feature of the investigation that l ...
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Mandela 'Doing Very, Very Well,' Remains Hospi ...Former South African President Nelson Mandela is "doing very, very well" in a Pretoria hospital, but will remain for further tests for an undisclosed condition. The 94-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner was airlifted to the hospital and admitted on Saturday, The Telegraph reports. ...
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Peace Prize Protest: 'The EU is not a Worthy W ...Protesters gathered in Oslo, Norway on the eve of the annual Peace Prize ceremony in condemnation of the Nobel Committee and this year's recipient, the European Union. Demonstrators lambasted the committee's decision citing the EU’s arms sales to conflict areas, the lack of help fo ...
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Most Popular Mac Downloads and Posts of 20122012 brought us a new version of OS X with the launch of Mountain Lion, and we've had plenty of great Mac-oriented content throughout the year. We've had a ton of great new software, guides, and ways to fix annoyances. Here's a look back at our most popular Mac posts. More »
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Pill Bottles, Recipe Hangers, and Cleaning Out ...Readers offer their best tips for keeping track of pill bottles, hanging your recipes in the kitchen, and cleaning out all those Facebook friends you don't need. More »
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Come Hang with Team Lifehacker at Our New York ...The Lifehacker editors (well, some of us—Whitson, Dachis, Tessa, and Josh) are in New York City this week, and we'll be gathering for a night of drinks, debauchery, and old school video games this Thursday, December 13th, at Barcade in Brooklyn (directions here—sorry, 21 and up ...
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Remains of the Day: Time to Add Header Photos ...Twitter's new profile pages go live for everyone, Gmail experiences some downtime, the Nook goes on sale, and QR code scams are on the rise. More »
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“You Can Be Cautious or You Can Be Creative (B ...Designer and Author George Lois once said "You can be Cautious or you can be Creative (but there's no such thing as a Cautious Creative)." Basically, you can never innovate without taking a little risk. If you're being truly creative, there's always a chance your fresh idea will flop, or ...
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UVM hails bottled water banBURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) -- An arch made with 2,000 empty plastic water bottles in the student center at the University of Vermont was dedicated Wednesday as a monument to the school’s decision to end the sale of bottled water on the Burlington campus.
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Saudi- Water company unveils strategy to save ...(MENAFN - Arab News) The National Water Company has announced its new Treated Sewage Effluent (TSE) initiative. "The TSE initiative is essentially designed to address the challenges of water ...
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Water company unveils strategy to save resourcesLoay Al-Musallam, CEO of National Water Company, addresses a symposium in Jeddah on Wednesday. (AN photo)
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Treated sewage effluent initiative aims to eas ...The National Water Company has announced its new Treated Sewage Effluent (TSE) initiative. “The TSE initiative is essentially designed to address the challenges of water shortages across Saudi Arabia, protect the natural groundwater resources, reduce wastewater discharge in the valleys, and deve ...
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U of Vt. celebrates bottled water banBURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — An arch made with 2,000 empty plastic water bottles in the student center at the University of Vermont was dedicated Wednesday as a monument to the school's decision to end the sale of bottled water on the Burlington campus.
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Egypt: Morsi move fails to pacify opposition - ...Follow live updates as the decision by the Egyptian president, Mohamed Morsi, to rescind most of the controversial decree fails to head off oppositionHaroon Siddique
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Eurozone crisis live: Mario Monti's resignatio ...Italian prime minister's promise to step aside brings fresh political uncertainty to the eurozoneGraeme Wearden
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Conservative MP says most parents do not want ...David Davies attacks plans to allow gay marriage, saying it 'goes against what a lot of people feel very strongly about'A Conservative MP has claimed that most parents do not want their children to be gay as he rounded on "barking mad" plans to allow same-sex marriage.David Davies, the Conservat ...
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DNA of 100,000 people to be mapped for NHSGovernment hopes public health programme will revolutionise treatment and prevention of cancer and other diseasesUp to 100,000 people in England will have their entire genetic makeup mapped in the first stage of an ambitious public health programme the government hopes could revolutionise the tr ...
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David Cameron 'should set up royal commission ...Commons home affairs select committee says it is now-or-never moment for reform of UK drug policyDavid Cameron should urgently set up a royal commission to consider all of the alternatives to Britain's failing drug laws, including decriminalisation and legalisation, an influential cross-party gr ...
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Nusra Front rebel group fighting in Syria is a ...The State Department said Monday that the Syrian rebel movement's Nusra Front is just another name for al Qaida in Iraq, an acknowledgment that the uprising to topple President Bashar…Click to Continue »
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Holiday retail hiring could break record set 1 ...Holiday hiring by retailers is fast approaching a record set 12 years ago, according to a new analysis of government numbers.Click to Continue »
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After 6 months, rebels gaining ground at Damas ...A new rebel offensive around the Syrian capital has demonstrated the insurgents? strengths after six months of combat in the Damascus region. But from afar it?s hard to gauge how…Click to Continue »
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Venezuela's Chavez travels to Cuba for additio ...Wearing a blue and white track suit and leading his Cabinet in cheers, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez boarded a plane for Cuba early Monday to undergo surgery for a new…Click to Continue »
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Prominent female official in Afghanistan assas ...Gunmen killed another female Afghan official in the latest in a series of violent attacks on women who promote women's rights or are involved in activities outside their traditional roles…Click to Continue »
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Afghan women suffer despite progress on rights UNKABUL (AFP) - Afghanistan has made some progress in using the law to protect women against violence but many still suffer horrific abuse at the hands of men, a UN report said Tuesday.The assessment, ...
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Pentagon Report Afghan Progress Faults PakistanA new U.S. Defense Department report says Afghanistan is seeing slightly less violence in heavily populated areas. The report also says Pakistan remains a security problem because Islamic ...
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U.S. Navy identifies SEAL killed in hostage re ...(Reuters) - A U.S. Navy SEAL was killed in Sunday's rescue mission in Afghanistan that freed an American doctor kidnapped by the Taliban, the Defence Department said on Monday. Petty Officer 1st ...
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Indian-origin doctor rescued by US Army from T ...Washington: After being rescued in a daring military operation from Taliban captivity, an Indian American doctor who was involved in training local medical professionals in Afghanistan, is set to ...
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Rescued from Taliban Indian American doc returnsdoctor who was involved in training local medical professionals in Afghanistan, is set to return home. Dilip Joseph's employers, Colorado-based Morning Star Development, insisted that it did not ...
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 ...
Whistleblowers Protection Blog
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Special Holiday OfferThis year, as you are deciding what to give your loved ones, friends, and colleagues for the holidays, why not choose to give something interesting and useful? One of the most powerful gifts you can give is knowledge. The Whistleblower's Handbook: A Step-by-Step Guide to Doing What's Right an ...
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Congress Passes Magnitsky ActSergei Magnitsky On December 6, 2012 Congress passed the Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012. (Magnitsky Act). The law was inspi ...
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Record Recoveries under False Claims ActThe Justice Department confirmed in a release issued on December 4 that it has been a record year for recoveries from the False Claims Act. In fact 2012 garnered the DOJ the “largest annual recovery in Department history.” Most of the recoveries were from actions filed ...
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NWC Files Amicus Brief on IRS Whistleblower Pr ...On November 5, 2012, the National Whistleblower Center filed a briefing paper/amicus brief with the Internal Revenue Service addressing key questions of law governing the IRS Whistleblower program. The brief, linked here, addresses the issue of "collected proceeds" under the IRS w ...
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Federal Whistleblower Protection Enhancement A ...President Barack Obama signed into law today the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act (WPEA). Whistleblower attorneys working pro bono with the NWC played an instrumental role in passing this Act. NWC’s Executive Director Stephen Kohn testified before the Senate Homeland Security Commi ...
Science Express
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Pollution from Asia Circles Globe at Stratosph ...(PhysOrg.com) -- The economic growth across much of Asia comes with a troubling side effect: pollutants from the region are being wafted up to the stratosphere during monsoon season. The new finding, in a study led by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, provides additiona ...
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After growth spurt, supermassive black holes s ...Supermassive black holes found at the centers of distant galaxies undergo huge growth spurts as a result of galactic collisions, according to a new study by astronomers at Yale University and the University of Hawaii. Their findings appear in the March 25 edition of Science Express.
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Research team finds structure of 'swine flu' virusA team of scientists from The Scripps Research Institute and other institutions has solved the structure of a key protein from the virus that caused last year's "swine flu" influenza epidemic. The structure reveals that the virus shares many features with influenza viruses common in the early 20 ...
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Lizard moms choose the right genes for the rig ...(PhysOrg.com) -- Two Dartmouth biologists have found that brown anole lizards make an interesting choice when deciding which males should father their offspring. The females of this species mate with several males, then produce more sons with sperm from large fathers, and more daughters with spe ...
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More than One: Long-Reigning Microbe Controlli ...(PhysOrg.com) -- Marine scientists long believed that a microbe called Trichodesmium, a member of a group called the cyanobacteria, reigned over the ocean's nitrogen budget.
TechDirt
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Historic Ruling Against First Modern Drug Pate ...As Techdirt has reported over the last year, the Indian government is becoming increasingly keen on using cheaper, generic versions of important drugs to treat diseases, rather than paying Western-level prices its people can ill afford. Intellectual Property Watch reports on another instance of ...
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Washington State Stops Trying To Defend Uncons ...Earlier this year, we wrote about a ridiculous state law up in Washington that sought to place liability on service providers for the actions of their users, all in the name of "protecting the children!" The Internet Archive quickly sued to stop the implementation of the law, winning a quick in ...
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DailyDirt: Economic Phenomena, Not Just TheoriesIt's sometimes difficult to verify economic theories in the real world because it can be expensive to "test" really important policies. But as more and more people play increasingly realistic video games with active marketplaces, there may be ways to observe real economic phenomena in virtual ec ...
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Last Week To Order The Techdirt Holiday Bundle ...Our Holiday Bundle of gear in the Insider Shop has been a hit this season—and if you want to give one as a Christmas gift, time is running out. This Friday, December 14th, is the final deadline for Christmas shipping in the US, and to be safe (given the unpredictability of holiday mail) we ...
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Entertainment Industry Mourns The End Of 'Holl ...We noted after the election that Hollywood's absolute favorite elected official -- "Hollywood" Howard Berman -- lost his seat. He was often referred to as "the Representative from Disney" for his unwavering support of passing legislation that helped the big Hollywood studios and record labels ov ...
VacTruth
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Congressional Hearing on Autism—From the Aweso ...We know that the NIH and CDC have fallen way short in recognizing, let alone fixing, this autism epidemic. They’ve proven that time and time again. But Congress is listening. They understand that autism is an emergency, that it’s not genetic, that something is terribly wrong...
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Who Says There is No Money in Making Vaccines? ...In 2011, the US Federal government awarded 6 pharmaceutical corporations over 5.7 Billion to manufacture vaccines children’s vaccines alone.
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4,250% Increase in Fetal Deaths Reported to VA ...Documentation received from the National Coalition of Organized Women (NCOW) states that between 2009 and 2010 the mercury-laden combined flu vaccinations have increased Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting Systems (VAERS) fetal death reports by 4,250 percent in pregnant women.
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Brainwashed Police Prosecute Parents to Protec ...Retired Sergeant Christopher Savage confirms police are writing off cases of vaccine injury as Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. and Shaken Baby Syndrome.
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Bill Gates Funding Drone Technology to Deliver ...When it comes to money and imagination, Bill Gates seems to have an endless supply of both. One of his latest financial donations is funding unmanned aerial vehicles to quickly and inexpensively deliver vaccines.
BroadSnark
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Ted Leo Benefit Show for Bradley ManningI have disappeared again, mostly hiding in a case of vodka. But I have also been helping to put together the benefit show this Saturday. If you are in the area, come out. Also, there is a protest out at Ft. Meade on Tuesday. The FB event is here.
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Things You Might Have MissedTook this pic in San Pedro Sula a few years ago. Those guys are on top of the mall. They don’t fuck around with shoplifting in that town. Apparently, SPS is now the most dangerous city in the world. Perhaps they need to rethink their strategies. What kind of fucktard cares more about putti ...
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Book Review – The Occupy HandbookThe Occupy Handbook by Janet Byrne My rating: 1 of 5 stars I hate this book. I really tried to give it a chance. But I knew going in that any book about occupy that was compiled by someone described as “an editor who has worked with Nobel Prize-winning economists, Pulitzer Prize-winning wr ...
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Things You Might Have MissedFollow CD on his quest for medical marijuana. Feminists shrunk Rush Limbaugh’s penis. (Typing “Rush Limbaugh’s penis” just made me retch.) Ladies, if you do exactly the opposite of these tips for single women circa 1938, you too can stay happily unmarried. Are too strong ...
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Confessions of a Former Liberal: A Response to ...By now you have probably read, or at least heard about, Rebecca Solnit’s piece on TomDispatch titled The Rain on Our Parade. Salon republished it as Hey left wing: Quit griping. Solnit is frustrated that us radicals are constant Debbie Downers who do nothing but bitch and moan. We can neve ...
Executive Intelligence Review - LaRouche
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To Rebuild after Sandy: Unleash the Army Corps ...By Marcia Merry Baker Reprinted from Executive Intelligence Review, December 7, 2012, Vol. 39, No. 48
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Not Fit for Public Office: Defeat Susan Rice f ...By Lawrence K. Freeman Reprinted from Executive Intelligence Review, December 7, 2012, Vol. 39, No. 48
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Global Showdown Goes into Deadly New PhaseBy Jeffrey Steinberg Reprinted from Executive Intelligence Review, December 7, 2012, Vol. 39, No. 48
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Life in the Doldrums... What Happened to ‘The ...By Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr. Reprinted from Executive Intelligence Review, December 7, 2012, Vol. 39, No. 48
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To Save the Nation: Time To Free Americans fro ...By Nancy Spannaus Reprinted from Executive Intelligence Review, December 7, 2012, Vol. 39, No. 48
War in Context
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Egypt’s political crisisEllis Goldberg writes: President Mohamed Morsi and his advisors cannot have expected that his November 22 constitutional declaration would throw Egypt into a renewed state of turmoil. That it has speaks volumes to the immense changes that have occurred in the country during the past two years. M ...
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Morsi is pushing to pass constitution at any c ...Ahram Online: Founder of the influential April 6 movement, Ahmed Maher, charges that President Mohamed Morsi is attempting to push an “illegitimate” constitution through at any price – and as soon as possible. Maher posted on his official Facebook page late Sunday that although the e ...
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HRW: ‘Morsy should be ending, not expanding, m ...Human Rights Watch: The law that President Mohamed Morsy of Egypt issued on December 9, 2012, grants the military authority to arrest civilians and refer them to military courts until results are announced in the scheduled December 15 constitutional referendum. Morsy should immediately amend the ...
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Egypt: Opposition parties organize against dra ...Al-Masry Al-Youm: Opposition parties and movements are preparing for the constitutional referendum on 15 December, with the April 6 Youth Movement mobilizing voters to reject the draft while the National Salvation Front will decide Tuesday if it would call for a boycott or a “no” vote. April 6 l ...
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U.S. plan to marginalize Al Nusra in Syria bac ...How much influence does Washington have over the war in Syria? Somewhere between little and none. How is that evident? Look at the efforts to marginalize Jabhat al-Nusra, the militant group commonly described as an affiliate of al Qaeda in Iraq. The State Department is considering designating th ...
Watts Up With That?
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Climate Tyranny Avoids ScrutinyGuest post by Alan Caruba You likely did not read much, if anything, in the mainstream press about the climate change conference that was held in Doha, Qatar. The same applies to television and radio news. These are the … Continue reading →
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A LOL ! press release on renewable energy from ...From the University of Delaware a press release that made me laugh out loud when I read it for the sheer disconnect with reality. The bold in first sentence about the 99.9% is mine. See why I think their press … Continue reading →
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Mann -vs- NRO legal battle, heating upReposted from National Review Online Please support us in our fight against Professor Michael Mann. By Jack Fowler We’re being sued, and we need your help. Let me recap: A lawsuit has been formally filed by Professor Michael Mann against National … Continue reading →
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Our current solar cycle 24 – still in a ...Have we hit solar max? NOAA’s SWPC recently updated their solar metrics graphs, and it seems to me like we may have topped out for solar cycle 24. There doesn’t seem to be any evidence of resurgence in any of … Continue reading →
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Doha post mortem – some green activists ...Newsbytes from Dr. Benny Peiser of The GWPF A couple of weeks ago the great global warming bandwagon coughed and spluttered to a halt in Doha, the latest stop on its never-ending world tour. The annual UN climate conference COP18 … Continue reading →
treehugger
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Clif Bar's Seed Matters Puts Seed Saving in Pu ...The energy bar giant funds website that promotes heirloom seed saving, farmers, and organic seed production.
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In 1912, Americans Waged War Against the Givin ...In one of the most fascinating, little-known chapters of American history -- fed-up consumers waged a war against mindless consumerism that even Presidents would join.
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Father and Son Drive Tesla Model S Over 400 Mi ...David Metcalf and his 12 years old son Adam just became the first two people to drive a Tesla Model S electric car over 400 miles on a single charge.
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Ford's MPG Numbers for Fusion and C-MAX Hybrid ...It doesn't mean Ford intentionally did anything wrong, but it could still mean that you'll get less than the advertised 47 MPG if you buy one.
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Coda Electric Sedan Only Receives 2 Stars in N ...While I want to see electric cars succeed, I have to be honest that this crash test result is disappointing...
Biosingularity
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New antidepressant acts very rapidly and is lo ...A first-of-its-kind antidepressant drug discovered by a Northwestern University professor and now tested on adults who have failed other antidepressant therapies has been shown to alleviate symptoms within hours, have good safety and produce positive effects that last for about seven days from a ...
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Making a Flu Vaccine Without the VirusA new vaccine strategy could make flu shots cheaper, safer, and easier to produce. Using synthetic messenger RNA (mRNA) instead of proteins purified from viruses, German scientists have shown they can protect mice, ferrets, and pigs against influenza. “This is a very interesting new approa ...
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Newly discovered effects of vitamin D on cancerVitamin D slows the progression of cells from premalignant to malignant states, keeping their proliferation in check A team of researchers at McGill University have discovered a molecular basis for the potential cancer preventive effects of vitamin D. The team, led by McGill professors John Whit ...
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Inadequate cellular rest may explain effects o ...Ss aging inevitable? What factors make older tissues in the human body less able to maintain and repair themselves, as in the weakening and shrinkage of aging muscles in humans? A new study from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators and collaborators at King’s College London d ...
CFACT
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Welcome AllWelcome back from the desert, north European delegates and activists. You certainly picked the right spot and time, as mostly half of the continent has been suffering from the sudden winter attack and ensuing traffic chaos. Interested people have thus been spending days in frozen airports readin ...
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New Kyoto commtiment period adopted. Develope ...COP 18 voted just minutes ago to create a "Doha Climate Gateway" and agreed to a second commitment period for the Kyoto protocol. The U.S. remains out of the protocol, now joined by Russia, Japan and Canada. COP 18 inserted a "Loss & Damage Mechanism" into the final text which would req ...
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Deadlocked talks go into overtimeThe Doha climate talks deadlocked Friday, went into overtime and reconvened Saturday at 7:30 AM for an unscheduled extra day. Climate funding and CO2 targets divide nations rich from poor. Who speaks for freedom?
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The misdirected tears of the PhilippinesThis week Naderev M. Sano of the Phillipines delegation made a tear-filled speech to COP 18 in Doha, Qatar. In contrast to the delegates wrangling for national advantage, the shameless rent-seeking of the carbon profiteers and the left-wing agendas of the radical NGOs, Mr. Sano projected a refr ...
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Chanting for climateWant to chant for climate? Forests? The environment? It's cheaper than subsidies, wind turbines and redistribution and just as effective. Watch now.
Ria Novosti Online News
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- Huge Drop in Attacks After Antipiracy Program - UN
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Russia Starts Kalashnikov Merger With New BossThe Russian government has appointed Konstantin Busygin as the new head of the Izhmash small-arms factory to lead its amalgamation with gun-maker Izhmekh under the Kalashnikov brand, Deputy-Premier Dmitry Rogozin said on Tuesday.
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Berdyev Asks for Time in €400K Fraud CaseRubin Kazan coach Kurban Berdyev has asked Russian police for more time to answer questions on an alleged €400,000 fraud case involving Turkey international Gokhan Tore.
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Novgorod Festival to Gather More than 100 Thea ...More than 100 theater companies are planning to take part in the Czar Skazka (Fairytale) festival in Veliky Novgorod in April 2013, a spokesman for the local youth and children’s theater said.
Ria Novosti - Science & Technology
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US Girl’s Experimental Cancer Treatment Beats ...A 7-year-old American girl who was so sick in April that her friends and family gathered to say their final goodbyes is now laughing, running, jumping and living proof that an experimental new treatment may offer the greatest hope yet for cancer treatment, according to results being presented by ...
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Main News of December 9A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours
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Russia Fails To Insert Yamal-402 Satellite Int ...Russia has failed to put the Yamal-402 communications satellite in the desired orbit as it separated from the upper stage four minutes prior to the calculated time, Russia’s Federal Space Agency Roscosmos said on Sunday.
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Pruning Shears
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"no one is there for you but you know who? You ...One of the under appreciated hazards of fracking is its effect on democracy. Fracking is a big, intrusive process - one that sucks up lots of water, creates enormous amounts of traffic and an ungodly amount of noise, etc. Setting aside the environmental dangers and health effects (!), the heav ...
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Transcript: When fracking comes to town: Maria ...Video here.…now sits there with two contaminated wells up for sale. As you can imagine, there’s not a lot of customers for a contaminated farm. So it’s sitting there waiting to go into bankruptcy. Her husband’s in Africa serving in the military. Her horses - she has t ...
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Reasons to support Corrente fund raising weekCorrente is having its fund raiser; please stop by and throw some money into the hat if you can.Corrente is an important site for liberals to support because of what it is and what it does. Here’s what it is: an old school blog. While political blogs existed before 2000, they weren’ ...
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Trafficking and the new civil liberties debateCivil liberties are more often than not difficult to stand up for in practice. In theory everyone is in favor of them, but the only times they make it into national debate is when they are under attack. When times are good policy makers and the public don’t seem to give much thought to r ...
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Third party laziness, 2012 editionKevin Gosztola’s post on safe voting strategies quotes historian Howard Zinn’s claim that “we have all been brought up to believe that voting is crucial in determining our destiny, that the most important act a citizen can engage in is to go to the polls.” But Zinn veers ...
Organic Consumers.org
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Payback Time! Boycott the Brands that Helped K ...Click here to read this article
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Organic Food Conclusions Don't Tell the Whole ...A widely reported Stanford University study concluding there is little difference in the healthfulness and safety of conventional and organic foods has been criticized by experts in the environmental health sciences for overlooking the growing body of evidence on the adverse effects of pesticide ...
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Four Corporate Power-Grabs That Got the Thumbs ...Corporate power keeps growing beyond the world of Citizens United. Click here to read this article
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Independent Science in Jeopardy"If citizens don't have the right to know and scientists don't have the freedom to speak the truth, we are creating societies that are dangerous - for democratic freedom and for biosafety"Click here to read this article
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Top 10 Packaged Foods You Shouldn't Buy Grist Magazine started me off on this list by providing the first five packaged foods that are completely unnecessary, as making them at home is not only simple, but far healthier and more inexpensive. I added five more to Jane Mountain's list, for a total of 10.Click here to read this article
Center for a Livable Future
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Op-Ed in the Baltimore Sun: Nutrient Trading a ..."My first objection to this kind of program is semantics. Let's call it what it is: pollution trading. Excess nutrient pollutants in the bay lead to public health problems, just as other pollutants do."
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Government Accountability Project Sues FDA for ...The Government Accountability Project (GAP) is suing FDA for data on antibiotic sales. If we want more data, we have to sleuth it out of the agency ourselves.
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What We’re Reading: HIGH STEAKS Strikes at Hea ...In High Steaks: Why and How to Eat Less Meat, author Eleanor Boyle addresses these reasons and many more for why America should steer away from industrial meat production in both its policy priorities and consumption habits.
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Improved Agriculture—It’s About Energy, Soil, ...How can farms become more resilient? Self-sufficient? Energy-efficient? The answer to all these questions is “ecological agriculture.”
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FDA Can’t Keep a Secret—Agency Accidently Reve ...Now, after careful review of FDA reports and correspondence, I can publish a number that neither FDA nor these industries want you to know: 706,530 kilograms (kg) of arsenicals were sold for use in food animals in 2010, the most recent year for which we can determine arsenical sales.
Investigate - Breaking News
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US, NZ intelligence agencies spied on Megauplo ...US, NZ intelligence agencies spied on Megaupload’s Kim Dotcom. US, NZ intelligence agencies spied on Megaupload’s Kim Dotcom
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Berlusconi’s fingerprints on Kate Middleton’s ...Berlusconi’s fingerprints on Kate Middleton’s topless photos. Berlusconi’s fingerprints on Kate Middleton’s topless photos
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Vitamin D author slams misleading sunscreen claimsVitamin D author slams misleading sunscreen claims. Vitamin D author slams misleading sunscreen claims
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The Vitamin D BriefingThe Vitamin D Briefing. The Vitamin D Briefing
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New Zealand couple thrown in Bali jail, wife p ...New Zealand couple thrown in Bali jail, wife pregnant, possible miscarriage. New Zealand couple thrown in Bali jail, wife pregnant, possible miscarriage
My Care2 Picks
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War on Wikileaks : Why It Is IllegalCharging Julian Assange with conspiracy to commit espionage would effectively be setting a precedent with a charge that more accurately could be characterized as conspiracy to commit journalism. Submitted by John Farnham to US Politics & Gov't | Note-it! | ...
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Henry Kissinger - Architect Of The New World OrderLike his lieutenant and subordinate in the New World Order, B.H. Obama, Kissinger won the Nobel Peace prize - clear indication of an Orwellian world controlled by oligarchy propaganda. Submitted by Walter L Bradley Jr to World | Note-it! | Add a Comment
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Rancher Loses Livestock Due To GMO CornThe Food Nation Radio Network conducted an exclusive interview this week with Jerry Rosman, an Iowa pig and cattle rancher who lost his entire operation due to GMO corn that he says made his livestock sterile. Submitted by John Farnham to Health & Wellness | Note-it! |&n ...
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Thank You for being a Virtuous Citizen!We, the virtuous self-governors of the world are truth seekers and believe in ourselves, our talents and abilities to create a world of abundance without tyranny and oppression. Submitted by John Farnham to Society & Culture | Note-it! | Add a Comment
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28-Gate: BBC Crisis Deepens in Exposure of Rig ...The BBC sank further into crisis today after new evidence ties two recent pedophile scandals to a secret climate advisory panel that rigged reporting on global warming for six years. Submitted by John Farnham to Environment | Note-it! | Add a Comment
Angry Indian News
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Excellent Service to Solve Your Fluid Mechanics<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 ... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
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Home insurance and the dilemma of replacement ...When it’s time to renew your home insurance policy, make the time to go over the details. Understanding the nuances in the fine print can save you money. It is up to you to decide if money today is... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
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Sushi - Trend and TraditionToday sushi is associated with a global trend as well as a Japanese food tradition. Not all countries’ traditional dishes are welcomed that eagerly by the rest of the world, like lutefisk from Norway... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
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How Online Learning Has Introduced MBA CoursesFew decades back we hardly thought of distance learning evolving as a major schooling practice. With the advent of distance education students were surprised at the numerous opportunities they were... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
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Online High School Programs Help Troubled StudentsAs the popularity of online higher education continues to grow, a younger group of students has noticed the convenience of online learning. Online courses are a realistic option for young students... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
Farm Wars
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Prop 37′s biggest supporter was… MonsantoMonsanto and its allies have a time table. They believe they can accomplish, in a relatively short time, a fait accompli. There will be so many licensed GMO food crops and so many drifting genes, the very idea of ridding the world of GMO crops will be seen as impossible. In the meantime, they ...
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This Revolution Is PersonalThis will not be a fight calling for bloodshed and ruin, but for life. For independence from tyranny. For self-sufficiency and hope.
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Rebooting the System InfographicWhen I say reboot the system, this is what I mean...
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If a goat won’t eat it, why should I?Fiona was raised on a porch and hand fed for a good portion of her life. She eats everything out of my hand. Except those carrots...
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‘Yes on Prop 37′ was classic “controlled oppos ...Monsanto doesn’t want a ban on GMO crops. No. And they certainly don’t want a strong movement in America to insist on a ban. Solution? Promote the idea of agricultural coexistence, just as AGree is doing. Divert anti-GMO forces into campaigns for labeling. Let those folks spend all their time, m ...
True/Slant Headline Grabs
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The stupidity of crowds helps kill a planet - ...Noted by Jeff McMahon on July 31, 2010 11:07 PM
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Sex, death, and the noble American toad - Scot ...Noted by Jeff McMahon on July 31, 2010 11:07 PM
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How to save a fishery: owning, renting, and ex ...Noted by Jeff McMahon on July 31, 2010 11:07 PM
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‘Gossip Girl’ unethical because of threesome? ...Noted by Jeff McMahon on July 31, 2010 11:07 PM
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Citizens for Legitimate Government
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Israel suspected over Iran nuclear programme i ...ShareThisIsrael suspected over Iran nuclear programme inquiry leaks 10 Dec 2012 Israel is suspected of carrying out a series of leaks implicating Iran in nuclear weapons experiments in an attempt to raise international pressure on Tehran and halt its programme. Western diplomats believe the lea ...
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Michigan police brace for day of right-to-work ...ShareThisMichigan police brace for day of right-to-work protests at Capitol in Lansing 10 Dec 2012 Large numbers of Michigan State Police officers were around the Capitol building early this morning as Lansing braced for a day of protests related to controversial right-to-[not]work legislatio ...
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Iran Says It Decoded Data From CIA DroneShareThisIran Says It Decoded Data From CIA Drone 10 Dec 2012 Iran's Revolutionary Guard said Monday it has decoded all of the data from an advanced CIA spy drone captured last year. The Guard's aerospace chief, Gen. Ami Ali Hajizadeh, told state-run [as opposed to corporate-run] Press TV that ...
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Hartford Healthcare Unions Push Back On Requir ...ShareThisHartford Healthcare Unions Push Back On Required Flu Shots 07 Dec 2012 Two unions at Hartford Healthcare are objecting to the health network's new mandatory vaccination policy. Unions at Windham Hospital in Willimantic and Natchaug Hospital in Mansfield, both part of the Hartford Health ...
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'US to send sophisticated arms to militants in ...ShareThis'US to send sophisticated arms to militants in Syria' 09 Dec 2012 The United States is reportedly planning to send sophisticated weapons to foreign-sponsored militants fighting the Syrian government. Washington has already admitted to providing logistical and communication assistance ...
Daily Loaf
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5 books that are sure to heat up your kitchen lifeI like to read — a lot. I could make lists counting the hundreds of books that make great reads. Unfortunately, we don’t have the time and you may not have the attention span for that. To keep it short and sweet, here’s a list of five books that I feel add depth and meaning [...]
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Beer Review: Victory Hop Devil/Victory Hop WallopVictory Brewing Company opened up fifteen years ago in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, but only recently entered the Florida market. With such beers as their highly touted Prima Pils and Storm King Stout, Victory has earned a rightful place among the respected craft brewers in the United States. St ...
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D’s nuts: Rays’ crazy defense feeds hitting, p ...Tampa Bay took the series victory against the Chicago with the win, getting back to .500 and improving to 2 games back in the American League East division. Rays look for sweep tomorrow.
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Interview with Michael Foley about the Florida ...The Florida Dance Festival provides a springboard for raw talent and fresh ideas.
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Just plain cheesy: Celebrate National Grilled ...April is National Grilled Cheese Month: an entire four weeks devoted to the American classic. The following sandwich recipe is from cheese expert and author Laura Werlin’s book, Great Grilled Cheese.
Vaccine Resistance Movement
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VRM: The A,B,C’s of Respiratory HealthTypically those living in the West are annually starved of the life-giving UVA Ultra-violet light rays (which manifest as the steroid hormone Vitamin D3) throughout the entire duration of Winter & early Spring. As a result the Lymphocytes in their lungs cannot process Vitamin C & E, whic ...
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VRM: Weaponized Polio & The African Green Monk ...According to a groundbreaking, controversial report, released in 1961 in the wake of the Salk & Sabin Polio vaccine debacle, Medical researchers identified that ‘all primary monkey kidney may contain one or more latent viruses whose characteristic cytopathology becomes evident when such tiss ...
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VRM: World Health Organization Mafia – L ...‘The prospect of domination of the nation’s scholars by Federal employment, project allocations, and the power of money is ever present – and is gravely to be regarded. Yet, in holding scientific research and discovery in respect, as we should, we must also be alert to the equal and ...
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VRM: The Autism ReportDue to the complex nature of Autism Spectrum Disorder a formal definition will be helpful in establishing the parameters of this report; while differentiating the co-factors from other similar conditions. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) , considered the standard of current Medical Industry ...
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VRM: The Re-emergence of Polio in The Third Wo ...‘Poliomyelitis (polio) is a highly infectious disease caused by a virus. It invades the nervous system, and can cause total paralysis in a matter of hours. It can strike at any age, but affects mainly children under three (over 50 percent of all cases). The virus enters the body throug ...
B.C. Preppers Network
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You Know You're Getting Old When...A few weeks back we received our new high-efficiency front loading LG washer and dryer set and I have to say, I'm pretty impressed by them. The set was only around $1000 (on sale) but I felt like I'd gone from a Chevette to a Cadillac when compared to our old set. A cute little luxur ...
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Control Your Home Thermostat On the Internet!Today a fellow from our natural gas company came by to install a new thermostat as part of the Peaksaver program that we signed up for. If you haven't heard of Peaksaver, basically what it does is allow the Ontario government electricity provider to turn off your central air conditi ...
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Happy Day!: The Water Bill Arrived!After being shocked a few months ago with a water bill of over $240 I decided to do a few things to cut down on our water use We converted our main toilet to a dual-flush and installed a water saving device on the second (haven't switched it over to a dual yet). We also installed a new ...
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Strawberry PickingOur family went strawberry picking this morning, it's a fun thing to do once in a while and I think it's a good way to help our 3-year old daughter realize where food comes from. While my wife picked berries with our oldest I went for a walk around the farm with our youngest in the stroller ...
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Pioneer Solar: PV System For Free?I received a flyer from Pioneer Solar in the mail the other day which claims to help people get a solar system installed on their house, farm, or business for free. Sounds too good to be true, right? Well, like most things there's good and bad points about it and what might be a good deal fo ...
Michael Yon
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Wolfpack 104 –Jungle Man Art vs. GI ScienceButterflies on suspected elephant dung: many signs are obvious. 10 December 2012 The British learned that employing local trackers can be disastrous. Indigenous folks can be immensely talented at local tracking because they are tuned intimately to their biowebs. Problems start fro ...
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CAUTION to Military Public Affairs08 December 2012 US Navy image with GPS data embedded Military photographers sometimes forget to turn off the camera GPS. The Navy caption for this electric image is found on Flickr: Lightning flashes near USS Dwight D. Eisenhower. U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (Nov. 19, 2012) ...
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VIDEO: Firefight While Waiting for MEDEVAC07 December 2012 This video apparently was made by a helmet cam. It shows normal combat in Afghanistan. Similar scenes have unfolded thousands of times during the war. This underlines why so many people are serious about removing the red crosses from Dustoff MEDEVAC heli ...
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Giduck Dismissal Order04 December 2012
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Wolf Pack 103: Sole MatesREMEMBER THIS PRINT. The terrain in Afghanistan is great for tracking: prints are often sharp and clear, and quarry is frequently channelized. During a mission with British forces, this print pinged my senses so I made the photograph in the morning light. Soldiers found many bombs nearby, and we ...
The Killing Train
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Mark Twain's Killing TrainEvery time I give someone my email address, or tell them the title of my blog, I get a raised eyebrow or a shocked look. Now, telling people the title of my first book has the same effect. For that reason, I've set up this blog to have "Why Killing Train?" and an explanation about the new book v ...
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Partition talkWhen Belgium realized in the 1950s that, given that France and Britain were losing their African colonies, it would no longer be able to hold on to Congo, it set about trying to guarantee continued control over the strategic aspects of the economy, especially the mines. At first, it sponsored it ...
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Podcast on the DRCI was on Kudakwashe Cayenne's radio program, Heart of Africa, yesterday, along with Maurice Carney from Friends of the Congo. Here's the podcast.
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Sources on teachingI've been gradually collecting sources on teaching without realizing it. Teaching instruction can come from some unlikely places (the likely places are Alfie Kohn, John Holt, Carol Dweck, Paolo Freire...). Here are some of mine: read more
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How Criminals Communicate - thoughts for above ...Just finished reading Diego Gambetta's "Codes of the Underworld: How Criminals Communicate" (Princeton University Press 2009). One of Gambetta's contentions is that criminals face more extreme versions of the same problems people face in above-ground life. I read it thinking about the connection ...
treehugger
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Clif Bar's Seed Matters Puts Seed Saving in Pu ...The energy bar giant funds website that promotes heirloom seed saving, farmers, and organic seed production.
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In 1912, Americans Waged War Against the Givin ...In one of the most fascinating, little-known chapters of American history -- fed-up consumers waged a war against mindless consumerism that even Presidents would join.
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Father and Son Drive Tesla Model S Over 400 Mi ...David Metcalf and his 12 years old son Adam just became the first two people to drive a Tesla Model S electric car over 400 miles on a single charge.
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Ford's MPG Numbers for Fusion and C-MAX Hybrid ...It doesn't mean Ford intentionally did anything wrong, but it could still mean that you'll get less than the advertised 47 MPG if you buy one.
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Coda Electric Sedan Only Receives 2 Stars in N ...While I want to see electric cars succeed, I have to be honest that this crash test result is disappointing...
Democratic Voice of Burma
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Renowned former monk released on bailProminent dissident Nyi Nyi Lwin, who spearheaded the monk-led protests in 2007, was released on bail Monday after being arrested by police earlier this month.
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Chin rebels strike deal with gov’t during peac ...The Chin National Front (CNF) and a government peace team have agreed to 27 points from a 33-point plan presented by the armed group during talks last weekend
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State mouthpiece preemptively blasts Al Jazeer ...The Ministry of Foreign Affairs sought to discredit an Al Jazeera documentary that will air this weekend in a report published in both editions of the New Light of Myanmar
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International praise and grassroots realitiesAlthough President Thein Sein has been awarded several prizes from international organisations for instituting reforms, the draconian laws that were used to persecute activists are still on the books while the government continues to harass and arrest protestors
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UN demands access to displaced in conflict zonesThe UN's humanitarian chief has called on Burma to stop blocking aid to thousands of people displaced by conflict with northern ethnic rebels, raising concerns over welfare as winter draws in
Telegraph - Climate Change
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Has Doha finally laid the ghosts of Copenhagen ...In terms of fighting global warming right now, it is a failure. But by finally sorting out the Kyoto Protocol and moving towards a global deal where both rich and poor countries cut carbon, could the Doha Deal finally move the world towards the treaty first hoped for in Copenhagen?
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Chasing ice: glaciers in retreatPowerful series of photographs tell the story of Iceland's retreating glaciers.
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Ashley Jensen: 'There's no place like home'The Extras star gets passionate about the environment.
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Ignore the doom merchants, Britain should get ...It's green, it's cheap and it's plentiful! So why are opponents of shale gas making such a fuss, asks Boris Johnson.
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Doha 2012: Ed Davey agrees to 'modest' climate ...Ed Davey, the Climate Change Secretary, agrees an international climate change deal that will commit Britain to spending billions of pounds and hitting tough green targets.
National Geographic | Environment
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U.K. Dash for Shale Gas a Test for Global FrackingThe United Kingdom, reliant on natural gas, moves toward lifting its hydraulic fracturing ban. But here and elsewhere around the globe, fracking faces challenges.
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Natural Gas Nation: EIA Sees U.S. Future Shape ...The U.S. government energy outlook sees broad impact of new oil and gas abundance. Renewable energy captures a small future share without policy or technological change.
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High-Voltage DC Breakthrough Could Boost Renew ...An advance in grid technology could give Thomas Edison's favored mode of electricity delivery, DC, a chance to ramp up clean power today.
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Giant Sequoias Grow Faster With AgeOlder trees beat out youngsters when it comes to bulking up, a new study says.
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Tracking California's Rivers of RainNew weather stations are helping California forecasters better predict flooding from damaging storms called the "pineapple express."
Jurist - Legal Research
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Germany court rules for Motorola in Microsoft ...[JURIST] The Mannheim Regional Court in Germany ruled for Motorola Mobility, a subsidiary of Google, against Microsoft [corporate websites] on Friday. This was the fourth decision [FOSS Patents report] in a suit between Motorola and Microsoft to be issued this year, all of which were countersuit ...
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UN: proposed Ukraine gay propaganda ban violat ...[JURIST] The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) [official website] on Friday condemned [press release] a draft law [bill 8711 materials, in Ukrainian] that would ban pro-gay "propaganda" in Ukraine. The OHCHR said that the bill would be open to abuse and that it violates ...
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UK court allows Kenya ex-prisoners to sue for ...[JURIST] The Queen's Bench Division [official website] on the High Court of England and Wales ruled Friday that three elderly Kenyans can sue the British government for torture they suffered while in detention under the British Colonial Administration in the 1950s. Judge Richard McCombe ruled th ...
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UK court approves extradition of terror suspec ...[JURIST] The High Court of England and Wales on Friday approved the extradition of five terror suspects to the US. The court's decision comes a week after the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) [official website] gave its final approval of the extradition, which it had initially approved [JUR ...
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Australia High Court upholds tobacco plain-pac ...[JURIST] The High Court of Australia [official website] on Friday published its reasons [text, PDF] for dismissing a lawsuit brought by several large international tobacco companies challenging the labeling requirements of the Tobacco Plain Packaging Act 2011 (TPP Act) [materials]. The court ori ...
Atlantic | Mark Ambinder
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Is the Press Fair to Palin?The former Alaska governor likes to criticize the "lamestream media." Does it hold her to a different standard?
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Will Nuclear Watchdog Report Change U.S. Polic ...The International Atomic Energy Agency says Iran may still be working toward a bomb
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Obama to Issue 'Wikileaks Order'After the leak of classified State Department cables, the president will direct federal agencies on sharing information
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Why U.S. Presidents Lecture the UNAmerican leaders consistently hector the global body, challenging it to live up to its charter
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Obama's Lonely Middle GroundThe president and Congress just haven't gotten along. In tonight's speech, he'll face a tough political calculus yet again.
COAT - Coalition to oppose the Arms Trade
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Bulletin of American Scientists - News
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Tikun Olam
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Meshal’s Triumphal Welcome in GazaA few days ago, Khaled Meshal made a triumphal, first-ever visit to Gaza to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Hamas’ founding and the movement’s “triumph” in Operation Pillar of Cloud. Hundreds of thousands of Gazans greeted him as he delivered a hardcore message of defi ...
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Israel’s Fourth President, Ephraim Katzir, Fou ...I recently wrote a post which recounted two episodes in Israeli history in which the IDF resorted to biological warfare against its Arab enemies. In one case, Moshe Dayan brought home tubes containing typhus to be used in poisoning the water supply of the Jordanian Legion (which instead infecte ...
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Who Killed Mustafa Tamimi? IDF Sgt. Aviram BonielOver the past week, an Israeli solidarity committee seeking accountability for the murder of Palestinian activist Mustafa Tamimi, orchestrated a masterful social media campaign. Each day, they exposed a different level of the military command that was responsible for Tamimi’s death and th ...
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Syria Has No Monopoly on Chemical WeaponsRecent news reports claim that western powers, including Israel, may be preparing to intervene in the Syrian civil war. The justification would be that the Assad regime is either preparing sarin gas (according to some reports) for use against rebel forces or communities or engaging in suspiciou ...
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Adelson Doubles Down on GOP, Will Spend $200-M ...Early in the presidential campaign, before anyone had made this prediction, when such a sum seemed preposterous, I said Sheldon Adelson would spend $100-million during the 2012 race. I was right. The Wall Street Journal just published a curious interview with Sheldon Adelson in which he both ap ...
If Americans Knew
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NPR Watch: Linda Gradstein Has Done It Again o ...NPR's reporter Linda Gradstein has done it again. She has managed to take a "must report" story on Israeli-Palestinian relations -- the new report by B'Tselem on the non-combatants, including children, killed by the Israeli military during the Israeli attack on Gaza -- and report it in a manner ...
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Documentary Video: Shooting the MessengerThis documentary on the deliberate killing and intimidation of journalists in conflict zones, examines how international reporters became targets.
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Impressions of Israeli Executions in the West BankMuch planning had gone into our family vacation in Israel-Palestine. We could spare only the last two weeks of 2009, and so had developed an uncompromising itinerary for each day, allowing a mere half-day to recover from jet lag from our trip from California. After devoting most of the first wee ...
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Calling Bono: Your Palestinian Gandhis Exist . ...In your recent column in the New York Times, "Ten for the Next Ten," you wrote: "I'll place my hopes on the possibility -- however remote at the moment -- that...people in places filled with rage and despair, places like the Palestinian territories, will in the days ahead find among them their G ...
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Noam Chomsky and the pro-Israel lobby: Fourtee ...Noam Chomsky has been called the US leading intellectual by pundits and even some sectors of the mass media. He has a large audience throughout the world especially in academic circles, in large part because of his vocal criticism of US foreign policy and many of the injustices resulting from t ...
David J. Gregory
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Donation will give you ACCESS TO PRIVATE AREA!http://www.facebook.com/widgets/like.php?href=https://davidjgregory.wordpress.com/2012/06/16/donation-will-give-you-access-to-private-area/ As our private area grows with more and more data, it becomes more and more desirable. A donation will give you access to this area where not only will you ...
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BIG NEWS Obama Threatens VETO CISPABig news. President Obama is threatening to veto CISPA, the bill that could give the government and big companies limitless powers to spy on us online. The President has folded on a lot of things in the past, but finally, yes finally, there is hope, the tide maybe changing, from the GOP Corporat ...
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The Eye On Citrus Showhttp://www.facebook.com/widgets/like.php?href=https://davidjgregory.wordpress.com/2012/01/17/the-eye-on-citrus-show/ Our latest radio show is up, talking about the GOP Forum held in Crystal River this past Saturday, Jan 14, 2010. The two non-fiction books relating the dark and illegal deeds of t ...
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Jesse Ventura, 63 Documents the Government Doe ...http://www.facebook.com/widgets/like.php?href=https://davidjgregory.wordpress.com/2012/01/07/jesse-ventura-63-documents-the-government-does-not-want-you-to-read/ EyeOnCitrus.com is proud to announce that Jesse Ventura, newest book, 63 Documents The Government Doesn’t Want you to read, is availab ...
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What side are you on?As a Thanksgiving deadline nears for action by the powerful congressional committee on deficit reduction, Bernie sounded an alarm over reports that Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid may be cut. "The American people have been very clear. They understand how important Social Security, Med ...
Unsuitable Blog
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The Unsuitablog ArchiveThe Unsuitablog contains a huge range of posts from simple criticism to investigation to downright in-your-face sabotage. It also has heaps of advice on how to recognise and expose greenwash and the entire series of Monthly Undermining Tasks which helped the book Underminers become a reality. To ...
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The Unsuitablog: Winding Down and Winding UpFour years, and it feels like it. It would take a book to tell the story of The Unsuitablog: all the work that has gone into it; the sleepless nights wondering whether a stunt would come off or what the repercussions of an exposure would be; the arm-aching pixel manipulation in creating the hund ...
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You’re Not Taking “Radical” ...On Monday 5th December, 2011, Bill McKibben, author and figurehead-leader of 350.org wrote the following in the Daily Kos: You think OWS is radical? You think 350.org was radical for helping organize mass civil disobedience in DC in August against the Keystone Pipeline? We’re not radical. Radica ...
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Strikes vs Royal WeddingsThere is going to be a strike in Britain on Wednesday. The UK Government are condemning it. This is starting to appear all over Facebook: When the government decide we can have a day off for the royal wedding it doesn’t damage the economy, but when the workers decide to strike for a day it ...
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WWF Denies Palm Oil is the Problem, then Count ...It seems there is no depth to which the corporate world’s own favourite NGO, WWF, will not sink. An article in this week’s Guardian was happy to give WWF some free publicity, implying that the group actually give a stuff about the wildlife they were apparently set up to protect (or s ...
Subalternate Reality
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Forget The Wealthy. How Do We Tax The Lucky?A few weeks ago, the Washington Post ran a lengthy, above-the-fold piece looking into what impact capital gains tax rates were having on wealth inequality in America. “Most of the richest Americans pay lower overall tax rates than middle-class Americans do,” the reporters noted, adding that duri ...
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Muslim-Baiters Don’t Want To Be Treated ...Over the weekend, I posted the following message on Twitter: “When a Muslim commits terror, every Muslim in the world somehow shares responsibility. When it’s a white Christian, he’s always a lone wolf.” I wasn’t commenting on the tendency of commentators to use different words to de ...
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Keith Ellison’s Tears And Epistemic ClosureRep. Peter King’s hearings looking into the “radicalization” of the American Muslim community, and the suggestion that the community doesn’t cooperate with law enforcement, was largely a waste of time and tax dollars. The affair didn’t produce a single insight into the actual and urgent issue of ...
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Praying On Qasr al-NilOne of the more memorable scenes of the Egyptian revolution will surely be that of ordinary Egyptian’s praying on Cairo’s Qasr al-Nil Bridge as members of Egyptian state police direct their water cannons at them. Truly a remarkable sight. via Al Jazeera Filed under: Middle East Tagged: Al-Jazeer ...
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“I Support Democratization, But…&# ...The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg – one of the key proponents of the disastrous invasion of Iraq – has some serious misgivings about the fledgling pro-democracy movement that’s taken over the streets of Egypt. “I support democratization, but,” he cautions, “the democratization we saw in Gaza (cour ...
Idea Lab | Technology
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Poderopedia Uses Public Data to Take on Powerf ...The last months for the Poderopedia team have been full of learning, making mistakes, correcting them, and learning again in a never-ending iteration process. In the beginning of November, we started our private beta testing with friends and family, fixing bugs and updating the platform in o ...
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Pop Up Archive Breathes New (Media) Life into ...When we talk about the changing face of media on the web, archiving isn't generally the first subject to come up. As we were beginning Pop Up Archive, we grappled with the fact that it's hard to show the vibrant, innovative side of archiving. Historically, archives have been hands-off; this was ...
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Highlights from the Mozilla Festival in LondonThis post was written by Miranda Mulligan, executive director of the Knight News Innovation Lab, and originally appeared on the the Knight Lab blog. A significant portion of the Knight Lab team was fortunate enough to join the Mozilla Festival in London, November 9-12. This incredible event, ...
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Meograph: The Future of Storytelling is 4D (wi ...Meograph, new storytelling startup that launched in July, gives online journalists and storytellers an added dimension that too often has been missing: context. With Meograph, you can create what co-founder and CEO Misha Leybovich calls "4D storytelling" through a simple interface that lets u ...
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MapBox: The Secret to Making USA Today's Elect ...MapBox worked with USA Today to build their election night maps that tracked results as they came in from across the country. USA Today's primary goals for their digital-mapping content was it should have multiple forms of embeddable maps for the home page, articles and landing pages, it should ...
Cutting Edge News
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The Battle for Syria - Syrian Boy Decapitates ...The internet and other media are aflame with comment about an unprecedent atrocity commited in Syria that has appeared in a video uploaded to YouTube. The video shows a young Syrian boy decapitating a man lying on the ground, reportedly in the northern city of Homs. The video captures ...
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The Obama Edge - Obama Jumps Headfirst into Fi ...President Obama on Monday waded into the fight over changing Michigan into a right-to-work state, saying the move was all about politics and about your “rights to bargain for better wages.�During a visit to a Daimler Detroit Diesel plant in Michigan, Obama signaled the White House will be mo ...
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The Race for Solar - Jordan's Feed-in-Tariff f ...Jordan is the first country in the Arab world to offer its residents an opportunity to earn money through feed-in-tariffs (FITs). The Electricity Regulatory Commission (ERC) announced last week that citizens of one of the world’s most fuel-deprived nations can sell energy generated with solar ...
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The Way We Are - US Supreme Court to Consider ...The ability of same-sex U.S. couples to legally marry and whether the federal government must recognize those unions could be decided now that the Supreme Court of the United States has agreed to hear two landmark cases on gay marriage. One case concerns the constitutionality of a voter referend ...
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The Transportation Edge - Self-Driving Cars: S ...People in several American states may be surprised to see cars on city streets without a driver. Experimental driverless vehicles now are legal in Florida, Nevada and California. They are pointing the way to a future that is not that far down the road.The high-tech company Google has a fleet of ...
High Country News
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Will Navajos approve a Grand Canyon megadevelo ...An audacious development proposal near Grand Canyon National Park divides a tribe and its neighbors.
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As it goes high-tech, wildlife biology loses i ...We're learning a lot by monitoring millions of animals, but the high tech methods used to track animals takes some of the mystery out of our relationship with the wild.
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Can the oyster industry survive ocean acidific ...As fossil fuel emissions lower the ocean’s pH, Pacific Northwest shellfish growers face an uncertain future.
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A bird in handWill the soul of wildlife biology survive in an era of remote monitoring technology?
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A sampler of wildlife techThe gadgets we attach to wild animals and fish include radio transmitters, microchips, acoustic tags, geolocators and accelerometers.
CounterCurrents
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Why Is Obama Sending 12, 000 U.S. Troops To Li ...By Cynthia McKinney It is with great disappointment that I receive the news from foreign media publications and Libyan sources that our President now has 12,000 U.S. troops stationed in Malta and they are about to make their descent into Libya
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Will A Pro-Gadhafi Green Revolution Topple The ...By Franklin Lamb The signs from Libya are that this country remains volatile and that contrary to NATO claims that it put into place a new democratic Libya that the predictable next chapter is starting to unfold that may bring the end of the NTC before the coming June elections when it is sched ...
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US Doubles Aircraft Carriers Near The Persian GulfBy Peter Symonds The Obama administration has reinforced the threat of American military strikes against Iran by doubling the number of US aircraft carrier groups in the region. The provocative decision heightens the danger of war in the Persian Gulf as the US moves aggressively to impose a de ...
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And Who, By the Way, Is John C. Stennis?!?By Toby ORyan Who, you might ask, is John C. Stennis? What are the boons and benefits for humanity accomplished by this John C. Stennis such that he came to have his name emblazoned on a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier?
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What Does Ken Ford Know? And Who Put Him In Pr ...By Cynthia McKinney Ken Ford, Jr. wrote an intelligence report on the Iraq War which contradicted the Administrations reason for going to war against Iraq
Contagious Love Experiment
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Kill Team: The Bigger PictureSorry to have been slacking on the blog. Here’s an article I wrote and forget to post… better late than never! Kill Team: The Bigger Picture http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/04/06-8
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Kill Team: The Bigger PictureSorry to have been slacking on the blog. Here’s an article I wrote and forget to post… better late than never! Kill Team: The Bigger Picture http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/04/06-8
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Dear Mr. Beck, I Shook Hands with the AntichristDear Mr. Beck: I Shook Hands with the Antichrist Earlier this week, Michael Lind wrote an article for Salon about the misplaced energy in demeaning alarmists like Glenn Beck.1 Having friends and family who often revere the inflammatory rhetoric of Beck, Palin, Limbaugh, and others as a light in ...
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Dear Mr. Beck, I Shook Hands with the AntichristDear Mr. Beck: I Shook Hands with the Antichrist Earlier this week, Michael Lind wrote an article for Salon about the misplaced energy in demeaning alarmists like Glenn Beck.1 Having friends and family who often revere the inflammatory rhetoric of Beck, Palin, Limbaugh, and others as a light in ...
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Practicing Peace in the New YearA friend, Frank Swift, that I met on my first journey has passed along some great practical steps towards peace for the new year. Frank has written a children’s book to help young people see an alternative to the competition and forcefulness that can too easily get instilled in our young p ...
Yid With Lid
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Mossad Spy Captured by Sudan"Damn we Joooooooooooose are Good! Sudanese authorities say they have captured an Israeli spy in the town of Kereinek. According to this North African country, the Mossad spy is a real vulture. No they aren't calling the man names...they are claiming that the captured bird ...
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Six Degrees of Grover NorquistBy: Matt Vespa Grover Norquist is evil. Grover Norquist is an impediment to good governance. We've all heard the pundits detail – ad nauseum – about how the founder of Americans for Tax Reform is a pernicious force within our political discourse. However, what's depraved about this whole ep ...
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Intelligence Report-US Out as World's Superpow ...According to the National Intelligence Council of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence the US will no longer be the world's only superpower by 2030. In fact its role as a super power will be more likely a result of inertia than anything else. According to the Report “Globa ...
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Yesterday was Crap on Paul Krugman DayYesterday was Crap on Krugman day...and it was well deserved. Economist-turned liberal campaigner Paul Krugman got absolutely creamed on ABC's This Week yesterday, first by George Will who accused the Pulitzer prize winner of responding to every disagreement with name calling: I have yet to e ...
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Oslo Accords Are Dead It's Time For Israel To ...By Barry Rubin The Palestinian leadership, abetted by many Western governments, has now torn up every agreement it made with Israel. Once the efforts of two decades of negotiations—including irrevocable Israeli compromises in giving the Palestinian Authority control over territory, its own ar ...
The Real Agenda
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Syrian Crisis Spreads to LebanonBy LUIS MIRANDA | THE REAL AGENDA | DECEMBER 10, 2012 Lebanon has experienced this week its worst outbreak of violence so far this year. At least 15 people have died and over a hundred injured in six days of fighting between loyalists and opponents of the Assad regime in Tripoli, the s ...
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Will the ‘Revolution’ continue in ...By LUIS MIRANDA | THE REAL AGENDA | DECEMBER 10, 2012 The long time VEnezuelan dictator, Hugo Chavez feels that his time as chief of the government is coming to an end, so he has officially named Vice-president and Foreign Minister, Nicolas Maduro, as the man who should occupy his post ...
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Why can Egyptians challenge their government b ...By LUIS MIRANDA | THE REAL AGENDA | DECEMBER 10, 2012 Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, today decided to cancel the controversial statement that shielded his powers against other government branches in his country as well as against justice. The new text says that if the new constituti ...
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Mudança climática causada pela Geo-engenhariaPOR LUIS MIRANDA | THE REAL AGENDA | 9 DEZEMBRO, 2012 Embora a atividade antropogênica como a causa do aquecimento global é uma farsa, mas o planeta está, de fato, ficando mais quente. A novidade aqui é que, diferente do que os alarmistas têm dito há décadas, tal aquecimento, na veloci ...
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Another open air experiment on AmericansHundreds of thousands of genetically modified mosquitoes set to be released into the Florida Keys MAIL ONLINE | NOVEMBER 7, 2012 Hundreds of thousands of genetically modified mosquitoes are awaiting federal approval for release into the Florida Keys as part of an experiment aimed at reduc ...
Wind Watch
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Honolulu Fire Department defends actions at Ka ...Honolulu Fire Department spokesman Capt. Terry Seelig was quick to counter [Xtreme Power CEO Alan] Gotcher's assertion that firefighters failed to act in the best interest of the wind farm. He said the flames, toxic chemicals and unstable nature of the burning warehouse made it unsafe to use wat ...
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Economic Council: Danish wind turbines can be ...De økonomiske vismænd undrer sig højlydt over regeringens energistrategi i en analyse i Berlingske Politiko. Regeringens nationale målsætninger giver ingen mening, skriver Vismændene Milliardinvesteringer i vindmøller og udnyttelse af biomasse er nytteløst, hvis målet er at reducere CO2-udslippe ...
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Wind farms: Why it’s time to alter courseEDITOR’S NOTE In the debate about wind farm development in Northumberland I have sat on the fence for too long. Once I had taken the decision to investigate the subject, my aim was to listen to the arguments for and against, then present readers with a balanced picture of this controversial issu ...
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Residents protest wind turbines as Gov. Patric ...FLORIDA — While a crowd gathered Monday to hear Gov. Deval Patrick and other officials celebrate the Hoosac Wind Project, about half a dozen people were just steps away protesting the 19 wind turbines scheduled to be turned on by year’s end. Among them was town resident Michael Fairneny, w ...
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State lacks strategy on alternative energy, re ...California’s push to add wind and solar energy to its existing power grid could saddle ratepayers with soaring electrical bills and despoil the state’s environmental resources unless officials act soon, according to a report released Monday by a government watchdog agency. Although i ...
Tippers News
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Three men helped starve kids, court tolThree men helped starve five children in Adelaide until they looked like they had came from a famine-affected Third World country, a court has been told. Submitted by Rose NoFWDSPLZ to World | Note-it! | Add a Comment
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Chinese sex traders challenge verdictThe three Chinese nationals who were jailed by an Accra Circuit Court for transporting 10 Chinese girls into the country and engaging them in sex trade have appealed against the verdict. Submitted by Rose NoFWDSPLZ to World | Note-it! | Add a Comment
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DNA testing a proven weapon in fight against h ...DNA testing is a proven aid in solving child trafficking cases in the country, a well-known international research institute says. Submitted by Rose NoFWDSPLZ to World | Note-it! | Add a Comment
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Be a Voice for Coastal Louisiana's Wildlife ! ...Coastal Louisiana provides habitat to hundreds of wildlife species, including sea turtles, migratory birds, and manatees. But unfortunately, right now Louisiana is also experiencing the highest rate of land loss in the United States Submitted by Cher C. to Environment | Note- ...
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The Freeman
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Human Trafficking: The Other Good Reason to Re ...Restrictive immigration policies have long been associated with a variety of economic problems. These include the diminished availability of foreign talent, the inability of businesses to fill low-skilled agricultural and service jobs typically scorned by legal residents, and reduced access to t ...
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Methodological IndividualismI am just now rereading Ludwig von Mises’s magnum opus, Human Action. What a joy it is to get reacquainted with this masterful work and to use it as a benchmark to gauge my own intellectual odyssey since first reading it more than 40 years ago. Early on the reader encounters the term “methodolo ...
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The Virtue of Market InefficiencyMarkets are often rightly characterized as extraordinary problem solvers. Under the right rules of the game (including private property, free exchange, and the rule of law) people following their own self-interests can coordinate their plans with one another more or less successfully, generating ...
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The Entrepreneurial SpiritDorothy Whipple’s almost entirely forgotten novel High Wages is one of the most compelling stories of personal initiative and entrepreneurship that I have read. Left alone in the world with only fifty-two pounds in a savings account, Jane Carter decides to look for work. By chance, she arrives i ...
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Austrian Economics: Ahead of its Time?So I’m a closet futurist. Being one, I sometimes find myself checking out sites like Transhumanity.net. I recently came across an article there that does a pretty good job of unpacking the difference between 20th century science and 21st century science. One of the things I noticed about 2 ...
Teaching Online Journalism
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Teaching programming to journalistsI’ve been thinking about this a lot lately. I’ve been preparing a syllabus for an upper-level undergraduate journalism course that I will begin teaching in January. I’ve been learning Python and starting to learn about jQuery. I’ve got some advantages: I learned HTML in ...
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Most-viewed posts in 2012According to my WordPress stats, these are the posts with the most pageviews in the past 12 months: Best social media tools for journalists (5,669) Timelines in journalism: A closer look (4,365) A few words about digital audio recorders (3,626) How to shoot video interviews (3,465) 10 Rul ...
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Now in Portuguese and Chinese: Reporter’s Guid ...A new translation of this guide is now available, thanks to the efforts of Alessandra de Falco, a journalism professor at Universidade Federal de São João del-Rei in Brazil. She uses the guide in her classes. Em Português: Reporter’s Guide to Multimedia Proficiency (PDF; 1 MB) Also, I neglec ...
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Election 2012 maps: Showing dataThis was the first U.S. presidential election in the post-Flash era. In 2008, data maps were made with Flash. Now the online mapmakers have moved on to other technologies, largely using JavaScript. Here are three examples, with a full view and a zoom of each: WNYC Radio, New York: LA Times ...
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5 examples of interesting data presentationsWhat do we mean when we say, “Data can tell a story,” or “Stories can be found in data”? (Click the image to view the project.) Above: From the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the Pew Research Center. (More info.) Above: From OpenSlate, a market resea ...
Facing South
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Just how extreme is North Carolina's new Lt. G ...A proponent of abolishing the minimum wage and corporate income taxes, Dan Forest is quite likely the most conservative statewide elected official in North Carolina. But his work with a nonprofit that criticizes retailer Sears for promoting pornography by showing photos of women in lingerie cros ...
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BP engulfed in lawsuit over 40-day Texas flareTwo weeks before the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded, killing 11 workers and spewing millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, BP was spewing a different kind of pollution -- leading to a $500 billion lawsuit that has received far less attention. read more
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Moving South: New data shows Southern region a ...Especially since the Great Recession, people in the U.S. aren't moving as much as they used to. But new Census data shows that for those who do move, the South is the most popular destination. read more
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INSTITUTE INDEX: Duke Energy merger settlement ...The N.C. Utilities Commission and attorney general have settled their probes into Duke Energy's controversial $32 billion merger with Progress Energy. But a watchdog group calls the settlements a "sell-out of the public" and says it will continue to fight the merger in court. read more
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How cellphone companies have resisted rules fo ...Since Hurricane Katrina, cell carriers have successfully pushed back against rules on what they have to do in a disaster. In the wake of Sandy, will regulators finally take action? read more
Worldpress - Africa
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DR Congo's Silent OrdealBrutal violence continues to ravage the Democratic Republic of Congo, but the massacres get very little coverage in Western media.
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U.S. Upgrades Its Relationship with AfricaThe Obama administration has unveiled a new strategy that intends to shift the focus of its relationship with Africa from aid to sustainable development.
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U.S. Upgrades Its Relationship with AfricaThe Obama administration has unveiled a new strategy that intends to shift the focus of its relationship with Africa from aid to sustainable development.
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Cheers for Hollande in AfricaMany Africans were excited to see French President Nicolas Sarkozy voted out of office, hopeful that François Hollande will better represent their interests.
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Cheers for Hollande in AfricaMany Africans were excited to see French President Nicolas Sarkozy voted out of office, hopeful that François Hollande will better represent their interests.
Telegraph UK - oil
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Israeli attack on Iran 'would damage UK economy'An Israeli or American military attack on Iran would damage the UK economy and jeopardise Britain's recovery from recession, Philip Hammond has warned.
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Life on board an American aircraft carrier off ...American aircraft carrier USS John C Stennis is headed for the Strait of Hormuz
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Met Police earned almost £23m in gifts and spo ...Britain's biggest police force received millions of pounds in donations and gifts, it emerged today.
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Family of murdered ExxonMobil chief fear he wa ...The Telegraph's Investigations correspondent Duncan Gardham explains why the murder in Brussels of ExxonMobil executive Nicholas Mockford has led to suspicions his death may have been a professional assassination.
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Gulf Keystone court battle set to start this weekThe Aim-listed group has been embroiled in a dispute over assets in Iraq.
Ian Welsh
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The Reagan PlayThe Reagan play, in the last period of high oil prices was this: crush the economy and bring new sources of hydrocarbons online. This is also Obama’s play: fracking and other unconventional hydrocarbon sources are being ramped up massively, while austerity crushes resource demand. China ...
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Interview available for listeningMy interview on Virtually Speaking is now up. If you missed it and would like to listen, it can be found here. We talked about kindness in public policy and about the economics and politics of global warming.
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Interview available for listeningMy interview on Virtually Speaking is now up. If you missed it and would like to listen, it can be found here. We talked about kindness in public policy and about the economics and politics of global warming.
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Interview tonight at 9pm ESTI’ll be talking with Virtually Speaking’s Jay Ackroyd tonight at 9pm EST. Current plan is to discuss kindness as the base prescription for policy and then talk about the implications of Bill McKibben’s 3 numbers on global warming, but if past episodes are any guide we’ll ...
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Interview tonight at 9pm ESTI’ll be talking with Virtually Speaking’s Jay Ackroyd tonight at 9pm EST. Current plan is to discuss kindness as the base prescription for policy and then talk about the implications of Bill McKibben’s 3 numbers on global warming, but if past episodes are any guide we’ll ...
Media Consortium
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Reality Asserts Itself
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Drug Wars in Juarez Fuels Boom in El PasoMy colleague Malak Behrouznami recently returned from Juarez Mexico where she grew up as a child. She as a wonderful heritage - her father is Iranian and her Mother is Mexican. She went Juarez for family and journalistic reasons. One of her objectives was to find out why Juarez has become a terr ...
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PALESTINIAN-ISRAELI NEGOTIATIONS TO NOWHERE NO ...A few months ago when shooting a documentary in the Middle East, we met Zeina, a 13-year-old Palestinian living in a Beirut refugee camp. She was traumatized as she watched the Israeli Gaza war on television. It changed her life. She now thinks of revenge and cannot understand the Israeli childr ...
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FROM JOE McCARTHY TO GLEN BECK – TIME TO END F ...I listened to Glen Becks "Restoring Honor" speech today hoping to find something of substance to write about. I found a stringing together of such empty phrases it does not bear discussion. The more important issue is why a man whose megalomania seems to have no bounds can become ...
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PAKISTAN FLOODS AND A FAILED POLICY - UN Sec. ...Ban Ki Moon, Secretary General of the United Nations, says of the flooding in Pakistan "The world has never seen such a disaster. It's much beyond anybody's imagination". At least 20 million people have lost their homes, more than 1600 have died, and disease and hunger will c ...
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China and the end of the end of historyMany economists and political analysts think the current recovery, as it's being called, is a rather temporary phenomenon. Many expect the recession to kick back in, and perhaps within a few years get much more serious. What does that mean in terms of the future of the world economy and worl ...
Great Beyond ( Nature )
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new geography
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Our Dysfunctional Housing MarketThis is the story of how elites prospered while killing the singular trend that built America, and all that you proles got in return was a dysfunctional housing market. In a reversal of more than 100 years of American history, the unique force that built the United States and the wealth of its ...
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Born Into Ruin: How the Young are Changing Cle ...It’s true. I am not happy all the time living in Cleveland. But I don’t want to be happy all the time. That’s unnatural. Said Nietzsche: “Sometimes, struggles are exactly what we need in our life. If we were to go through our life without any obstacles, we would be crippled. We would no ...
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Obama’s Energy Dilemma: Back Energy-Fueled Gro ...Talk all you want about the fiscal cliff, but more important still will be how the Obama administration deals with a potential growth-inducing energy boom. With America about to join the ranks of major natural gas exporters and with the nation’s rising oil production reducing imports, ...
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What Is a Global City?We hear a lot of talk these days about so-called “global cities.” But what is a global city? Saskia Sassen literally wrote the book on global cities back in 2001 (though her global cities work dates back well over a decade prior to that book). She gave a definition that has long struck with ...
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Separation of Church and Urban PlanningRecently, the Journal of the American Planning Association (JAPA) published research that directly challenged prevailing views in urban planning. In an article entitled Growing Cities Sustainably, Marcial H. Echenique, and Anthony J. Hargreaves from Cambridge University, Gordon Mitchell (Uni ...
GM Watch
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Not everyone’s in favour of proper toxicologic ...GMWatch was sent these sculptures of sick mice in cans of GM tomato puree by an anonymous donor. The GM tomato puree was produced around 1994 by Safeway and Sainsbury’s supermarkets. This was back in the days when supermarkets were proud of GM products and declared the “benefits” on the label. ...
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India: Judges slam flawed bill to fast-track GMBriefing from the Leaf Initiative, India To fast track the commercialization of GM crops, in 2009 a proposed Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India (BRAI) bill was introduced into the Indian Parliament. This deeply flawed bill provides a single window clearance for GM crops. It overrules t ...
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Families in Golden Rice test lied to1.Parents of children in Hunan GM rice trial were lied to 2.Families of golden rice children to receive compensation --- --- 1.Parents of children in Hunan GM rice trial were lied to Stephen Chen China Daily, 8 December 2012 http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-12/08/content_15996929.htm Par ...
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China sacks officials involved in GM rice test1.China sacks officials involved in GM rice test 2.China sacks three officials for GMO rice test EXTRACT: The research team had informed parents of the tested children about the experiment but withheld the truth that GM rice would be used. (item 1) --- --- 1.China sacks officials involved in GM ...
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China sacks officials involved in GM rice test1.China sacks officials involved in GM rice test 2.China sacks three officials for GMO rice test EXTRACT: The research team had informed parents of the tested children about the experiment but withheld the truth that GM rice would be used. (item 1) --- --- 1.China sacks officials involved in GM ...
spiked
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Why we must tolerate hateTo punish racist vandals more harshly than run-of-the-mill vandals is to veer dangerously close towards instituting thoughtcrime.
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The snobbery of the pregnancy refuseniksWhy the commentariat loves declaring its ostentatious indifference to the Duchess of Cambridge’s pregnancy.
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How the ‘peace process’ provokes v ...Recent riots in Belfast confirm that the politics of cultural identity does little more than reinforce sectarian divisions.
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How we’re all being seduced by the stateNeither George Osborne nor his left-wing critics are willing to face up to the fact that the state is strangling both individual and capitalist initiative.
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Could you be an unwitting abuser?A campaign about rape, aimed at teens, suggests we can't cope with intimate relationships without expert help.
Cryptogon
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AP’s Dangerous Iran HoaxVia: Guardian: Although it was intuitively obvious that the graph trumpeted by AP as scary and incriminating of Iran’s nuclear program was actually a farce, there is now new, overwhelming, very compelling scientific evidence that is the case. Whether as victim or recklessly culpable partic ...
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Australian Government Admits to Accessing Peop ...I wonder what happens when their targets/citizens run persistent VPNs located in other countries? Via: Sydney Morning Herald: AUSTRALIAN law enforcement and government agencies have sharply increased their access without warrant to vast quantities of private telephone and internet data, promptin ...
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DOE ‘Manhattan Project’ to Build N ...There’s just one problem with this analogy. The Manhattan Project cost about $25.8 billion (in 2012 dollars). This DOE effort is $120 million over five years. That’s a noise level allocation of resources compared to The Manhattan Project. Of course, if you need a façade to role out s ...
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The New Zealand Film Being Passed Off As North ...Really quick, to let people know to please stop submitting this: Propaganda is a pisstake by New Zealand filmmaker Slavko Martinov. The artifice of the hoax was what grabbed the attention of mainstream media with this thing. Here are some films that cover similar topics (and aren’t hoaxes) ...
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DOJ Drops Monsanto Antitrust InvestigationVia: Mother Jones: There’s an age-old tradition in Washington of making unpopular announcements when no one’s listening—like, you know, the days leading up to Thanksgiving. That’s when the Obama administration sneaked a tasty dish to the genetically modified seed/pesticide indu ...
The Economic Collapse
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15 Signs That The Economy Is Rapidly Getting W ...How can the mainstream media claim that the U.S. economy is "improving" when it is painfully obvious to anyone with a brain that the middle class is being absolutely eviscerated? According to numbers that were just released, the number of Americans on food stamps rose by more than 600,000 in a ...
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Unemployment Is Not Going Down: The Employment ...The mainstream media is heralding the decline of the official unemployment rate to 7.7 percent as evidence that the U.S. economy is improving. But it is a giant lie. The truth is that unemployment in America is not actually going down. The percentage of working age Americans with a job actual ...
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Show This To Anyone That Believes That Taxes A ...Every year average Americans pay dozens of different types of taxes, and yet many of our politicians are very open about the fact that they want to raise rates even higher and invent even more ways to bleed us all dry. Someday historians will look back and be absolutely amazed at how stupid we ...
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From Good Jobs To Bad Jobs To No Jobs – ...There was a time in America when virtually anyone that wanted a job could go out and get one and the United States boasted the largest and most prosperous middle class in the history of the world. Sadly, those days are long gone. Back in 1969, 95 percent of all men between the ages of [...]
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The Coming Derivatives Panic That Will Destroy ...When financial markets in the United States crash, so does the U.S. economy. Just remember what happened back in 2008. The financial markets crashed, the credit markets froze up, and suddenly the economy went into cardiac arrest. Well, there are very few things that could cause the financial ...
Desertification
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See the “Blog of the UNCCD”Read at : http://unccdblog.wordpress.com/category/desertificationland-degradation/
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Fighting Desertification in China (Google / Ra ...Read at : http://theapothecarysrose.tumblr.com/post/37547976019/fighting-desertification-in-china-aljazeera-rita Aljazeera, Rita Alvarez Tudela: Beijing, China - Often accused of being an impediment to climate change mitigation because of its massive carbon emissions, China’s government has re ...
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AARDO Discusses Desertification, Land Reclamat ...Read at : http://www.amwalalghad.com/en/business/real-estate/12143-aardo-discusses-desertification-land-reclamation-in-matruh.html Afro-Asian Rural Development Organization(AARDO) have held a workshop in a training center of Matruh’s resources development project of the Center for Desert Researc ...
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China struggles to prevent desertification fro ...Read at : http://www.catholic.org/international/international_story.php?id=48876 By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) 12/10/2012 Catholic Online (www.catholic.org) Officials call desertification the ‘greatest challenge of our generation’ While the nation of China makes bold strides i ...
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Canopy Structure More Important to Climate Tha ...Read at : http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/12/121203163526.htm Claims that forest leaves rich in nitrogen may aid in reflecting infrared radiation — helping cool the atmosphere — have been challenged by new research that shows that the structure of tree canopies is a more &# ...
The Paper Trail
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backofthebook.ca
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Artists for the rainforest — and realityBy Rachelle Stein-Wotten Art is at the forefront of a raging energy debate in Canada. Enbridge’s Northern Gateway Pipeline – you know, the one that would travel 1,000 kilometres from Alberta to British Columbia’s coast, delivering oil to be pumped into tankers taller than monuments, destination: ...
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Nexen: China nationalizes Canada’s oil sandsBy David@Sixthestate.net Well, try that on for size. Let me be clear, says Stephen Harper: “Canadians have not spent years reducing the ownership of sectors of the economy by our own governments, only to see them bought and controlled by foreign governments instead. It is not an outcome any resp ...
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Canadian tech needs more brash, less niceBy Mark Evans Canadians are, by and large, nice and polite. Unfortunately, we’ve made this approach part of our business and entrepreneurial landscape as well. While we may be confident, we’re not bold, cocky or aggressive. South of the border, entrepreneurs are a different breed. They tru ...
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A Modest Opinion — Obama and the Robo-ap ...By Nathaniel Moher Well, we went and did it. Or rather, the Americans did. (You wouldn’t know it if you were to speak to any Canadians, but apparently we don’t actually have a say in the American election.) That’s right, America re-elected President Obama in stunning numbers. (Well, stunning num ...
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Elections Canada casts a wider net, finallyBy David@Sixthestate.net The Council of Canadians has posted a new series of documents in relation to their robocall litigation. As you can see, they are attempting to get an affidavit from an Elections Canada investigator, and Elections Canada is attempting to avoid this. More intriguingly, tho ...
libcom
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Education workers’ strike in Slovakia after tw ...hesla_get_rich_die_striking.png This is a very rough and hardly exhaustive summary of recent two weeks of strike in education sector in Slovakia. The strike is still on despite being put on hold by it ...
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Exploitation in Split: University Students Tri ...img1121cr.jpg Croatian students struggling for their wages. A group of about 40 university students from Split employed through the Student Employment Service spent their summer ...
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Police places pressure on relatives and friend ...Antifascists Alexey Sutuga and Alexey Olesinov have already been in the"Butyrka" prison in Moscow for more than half a year. Investigator Y. Egorov, who is conducting the investigation, is expected to modify the criminal case into a more seriou ...
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Monti’s government “democratic and sober” resp ...roma 14 nov1.jpg The demonstrations that took place all over Italy on 14th November as part of a European Day of Action against austerity are already setting the pace of the new management of public o ...
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Russia: police search Kirov anti-fascists' hom ...At six in the morning of November 27, a series of searches at homes of eight members of anarchist group Autonomous Actions were carried out in the Russian city of Kirov by police officers who were accompanied by operatives of the anti-extremism E Centre. ...
Free Range International
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The Last PostThis will be the last post I write for the FRI blog. If this is the first time you have seen this blog stop reading this right now and go back to October 2011 in the archives section because those are some of the best posts I ever wrote about Afghanistan. Or go to the [...]
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How Do You Mend A Broken Heart?Our little posse made it out of Afghanistan without any dramas. My brother Tim left with me because The Bot had made it perfectly clear that his IED hit from the year before had made him completely unstable and a big pain in his ass. We went to London again and both my brother and [...]
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Vision QuestEditors note: Be sure to start this series from the beginning (Dalton Thomas Comes Home) so it makes sense. We will try to get more posts up sooner than we have been lately but Dalton is, to be honest, not doing as well as we hoped . Baba Tim is also banged up again and [...]
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Band On The RunEditors Note: It is important for first time readers to start this story from the beginning. This is a (mostly) fictional account by my brother, Dalton Thomas Lynch, who is using the pen as therapy as he adjusts to living a normal life back in the states. Any donations received by the FRI bl ...
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Dead Man WalkingDalton continues to heal himself using creative writing as his vehicle for change. Any donations our loyal readers are able to spare for this cracking tale will go directly to Dalton. For the record, I (Baba T) did not say “Vet or Ventilate” and insist it was “If we can’ ...
The Story Behind the Story
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So-Called “Junk” DNA Explains R ...Genetic researchers have long ignored the majority of the human DNA strand, calling it “Junk” simply because it doesn’t relate to the color of your skin or eyes – and because it doesn’t dissect proteins. The fact is, the “Junk” DNA makes up over 90% of ...
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“Minority Report” – the Futu ...I’ve been lecturing about the “CIA’s Best Kept Secret” for years. This godless, Edomite super-technology is closely tied to the “Elite’s” TRANSHUMANISM agenda – where God’s masterpiece of creation called the human DNA becomes literally int ...
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The Fat Lady Doesn’t Sing Until Monday, ...Just because an event has never before happened, doesn’t mean it won’t ever occur. The November “elections” are a month old, and yet the presidential “race” is not “official” under U.S. Law until the first Monday after the 2nd Wednesday of Decemb ...
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Death Ray = Deuterium Laser = SDI (Strategic D ...I authored the following document in May of 2010 – and posted it on this blog. Download the original PDF file by clicking here: MIRACL ILLUMINATION!! The article prompted a visit from U.S. Air Force “investigators” – who simply wanted me to tell them who was leaking inf ...
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Whispering Hope (Additional Verses)What could be a more blessed song for a confused nation than this 60+ year old classic song of Christian faith – the song titled simply: Whispering Hope? Allow me to share a most personal insight to those who follow this blog: My father, a wounded Korean War veteran, died from liver cancer ...
du la bab - Now is the Time
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Life in a carbon neutral world…There’s a great Story from the New York Times / International Herald and Tribune about a 28 year old product designer from Luxembourg attempting to live a carbon neutral life in Barcelona, Spain. Her story is at certainly inspiring, although sometimes uncomfortable to read about… who ...
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BPA, Phthalates, Toxic Plastic Bottles, Sippy ...Content has been moved – please visit www.jacobbarrocas.com
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Green Spring Cleaning!Content has been moved – please visit www.jacobbarrocas.com
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Food Miles – how far your food travels & ...Content has been moved – please visit www.jacobbarrocas.com
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Getting real about energy production & reductionHere’s a great video from a Cambridge University Physicist David Mackay. He’s discussing practical ways of measuring domestic power consumption, ways of producing energy, and he debate about replacing traditional fossil fuels based methods of producing electricity with more sensible ...
Mansbridge One on One - CBC
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Amos Yadlin, Israeli security expert (Dec 1, 2012)Peter sits down with Retired Major General Amos Yadlin, Director of the Institute for National Security Studies at Tel Aviv University, to discuss Iran, Syria, and continuing instability in the Middle East.
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Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence (No ...A conversation about the challenges facing the Canadian Forces.
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Russ Jackson, CFL star (Nov 24, 2012)Peter talks with the football legend on the eve of the 100th Grey Cup.
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Eric McGeer, author - Nov 11, 2012 (encore)Conversation with the author of Words of Valediction and Remembrance about the inscriptions carved into the stones above Canada's war dead. Originally aired Nov 2008.
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Douglas Knight, Publisher (Nov 3, 2012)The paywall debate has raised all sorts of questions about the state of the print world – are newspapers in serious trouble? How about magazines? And what about books? This week, we examine all that and more with a veteran of many aspects of the print business.
Scotts Contracting
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Fake or Real Xmas Trees- Green or NotHave you ever wondered are the Real X-mas trees you buy green or is it better to use a Plastic Tree? What’s Greener: Real or Artificial Christmas Trees? Photo: Shutterstock Have you ever wondered if it’s more eco-friendly to buy a real or an artificial Christmas tree? Even the most w ...
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How To Save Money And Make Your Business Susta ...For businesses large and small, there is a continuing quest to make operations more eco-friendly and sustainable as part of the growing clamour to be a leader in social responsibility. In many cases, running a more sustainable operation means that there are also significant money savings to be m ...
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Small Business SaturdayTwitter (314) 669-5598 Facebook Web Site: http://stlouisrenewableenergy.com scottscontracting Job Site Photo Album Green Blog SBA Region 7 SBA News Shop Small Business Saturday – November 24, 2012 By Karen Mills In between the Black Friday sales and the Cyber Monday deals is Small Business ...
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1st Floor Weatherization-Benton Project3 MAIN ENERGY EFFICIENCY MEASURES TAKEN ON THE BENTON PROJECT R22 Insulation installed in 2×6 Wall Framing Members Vapor and Air Filtration Barrier Additional HVAC Cold Air Return Duct R22 Batt Type Insulation-Friction Fit- Johns Mansfield No Itch Insulation Water and Air Barrier The Above ...
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Residents Meet About Nuclear Waste In West Lak ...Reblogged from FOX2now.com – St. Louis News & Weather from KTVI Television FOX2: BRIDGETON, MO. (KTVI) – A group of north St. Louis county residents met Tuesday night to discuss what they believe is a radioactive hazard in their midst. It is a story that has its roots in the Manhattan Proje ...
The View From Abroad
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The Fiscal Cliff is in Our Rearview MirrorIt's too late to prevent the fiscal cliff.
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Another Unintended ConsequencePrice controls are responsible for gasoline shortages in the Northeast.
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It’s Not Nice to Fool the Free MarketStatist economic policies always bite politicians in the rear.
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The So-Called Presidential Debates Are a Waste ...The Obama/Romney showdown avoided the most important issues.
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Romney's Lack of Judgment and Hypocrisy Romney is unfit to be president.
Foreign Policy in Focus - Military (US)
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Y-12 Activists May Be Barred From Bringing up ...Federal prosecutors seek to remove justification for the existence of nuclear weapons from the trial of the Transform Now Plowshares Three.
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Nuclear Weapons Laboratories National in Name ...In fact, corporations not only manage them, but increasingly determine their agendas.
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We're Not BrokeThis commonsense guide to avoiding the fiscal swindle would nearly eliminate the budget deficit while making the United States more equitable, green, and secure.
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Enrique Pena Nieto and Mexico's Drug War OpeningThere are good reasons to be cynical about the return of the PRI in Mexico. Even so, when it comes to human rights in Mexico, there's plenty of room for improvement.
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The U.S. and Central & South Asia: Four More YearsJust because the cliche that Afghanistan is the graveyard of empires is repeated ad nauseam doesn't mean it's not true.
Law.com
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Latest Chevron Outtake: 'They're All Corrupt!'Donziger muses 'The judicial system is so utterly weak' in Corporate Counsel's latest release of outtakes from the documentary Crude.
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Minus Kagan, Supreme Court Lets 'Don't Ask' Po ...In an order Friday, the Supreme Court denied a motion aimed at allowing a worldwide ban on enforcement of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays in the military to take effect.
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MGA Loses Effort to Stall Trial in Fee Fight W ...A Los Angeles judge issued a tentative ruling Friday denying toymaker MGA Entertainment's efforts to stay a lawsuit that was filed by its former lawyers at O'Melveny & Myers.
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Proskauer and English Firm End Their Merger Di ...Proskauer Rose and SJ Berwin said Friday they had decided against merging, putting to an end months of speculation about a possible trans-Atlantic tie-up between the two law firms. The firms in a joint statement said "we recognized that the timetable necessary to reach the agreements that would ...
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Iranian.com
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Iranian dissident and French lawmakers urge ne ...French lawmakers invited the head of a previously shunned Iranian dissident group to parliament on Wednesday, aiming to help it gain credibility as a viable opposition to Tehran's government. read more
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زهر مار ایرانی برای نجات سربازان آمریکاییدر راهنمای پزشکی فرماندهی مرکزی نیروهای آمریکا در افغانستان تاکید شده است که پادزهر تولید شده در انستیتو رازی تهران، بهترین دارو برای مقابله با نیش مارهای کبرا و انواع دیگر مارهای سمی و خطرناک آسیای میانه است که در افغانستان به فراوانی وجود دارند.
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نسرین ستوده اعتصاب غذای خود را شکسته گزارش رسیده به کلمه، متعاقب دیدار رضا خندان همسر این زندانی سیاسی و گروهی از فعالان زنان با برخی از نمایندگان و پیگیری های محمدرضا تابش و ابوترابی فرد و مذاکره آنها با رییس مجلس و قوه قضاییه و با برداشتن محدودیت های قضایی از مهراوه خندان، دختر نسرین ستوده، وی به اعتصاب غذای خود پایان داد.read more
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Iran’s Claim of Drone Capture Is Denied by U.S.read more
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Significant Changes Made to Parchin High Explo ...The latest image from DigitalGlobe clearly showing the new blue roofing of the two major buildings, new equipment and materials and the rows of earth piles. Numerous cars present at the site suggest a considerable level of activity at the site.
Most Revolutionary Act
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Ron Paul on Ending the Tragedy in GazaRetiring Congressman Ron Paul, former candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, comes done on the same side as many progressives on the Israeli occupation of Palestine. A recent post on his website, reiterates comments he made when was president about Gaza being nothing but a va ...
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Republican Donors: the Big Losers in 2012Karl Rove: in big trouble with Republican donors According to the Center for Media and Democracy PR Watch , a lot of Republican donors are extremely unhappy with Republican strategist Karl Rove, credited for Bush’s election victories in 2000 and 2004, for his mismanagement of his Sup ...
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The Fiscal Cliff: Why We Should Go Ahead and Jumpphoto credit motherjones.com In a recent broadcast, Thom Hartmann makes a compelling argument why Democrats should allow Congress to jump of the “fiscal cliff” and allow the automatic tax and spending cuts to take place on December 31st (when the Bush tax cuts expire and automat ...
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A New Zealand View on Black FridaySecurity guards break up Black Friday fight in Kentucky (AP photo) Stuff.co.nz compares America’s Black Friday to “something you might see might see amid a humanitarian crisis, a war or in the aftermath of a natural disaster.” They link to a video which originally appeared ...
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Washington County Bans GMOsWashington's idyllic San Juan islands While some anti-GMO legislation like Prop 37 was shot down via a deceptive “No” campaign that received massive corporate funding, San Juan County in Washington State thumbed their nose at Monsanto et al by passing Initiative Measure No. 2012-4 ...
Michael Moore - Must Read
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Quantico psychiatrist: ...Ft. Meade, MD -November 29, 2012 - Yesterday at Bradley Manning's Article 13 hearing, professional military psychiatrist Captain Kevin Moore testified that Bradley Manning's pretrial confinement conditions at Quantico military brig were worse than that of any other long-term pretrial pr ...
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Franklin D. Roosevelt Letter Criticizing Democ ...When President Franklin D. Roosevelt made plans to run for a third term in 1940 he decided to drop conservative Vice President John Nance Garner from the ticket, both because Garner disapproved of Roosevelt running again and Garner's opposition to much of the New Deal. Instead Roosevelt chose Se ...
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Michael Moore Tweets About the War on Women on ...From @MMFlint "McCaskill, Warren, Stabenaw, Klobuchar, Baldwin Senate victories = Declare a War on Women, prepare to lose. #legitimate" "RT @PaulRyanGosling: Hey girl, how the f*** are all these women winning?! They don't even wear TIES." "RT @KailiJoy: Magic lady parts not only detect rape s ...
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GEORGE AND MITT: Like Father, Like Son? Not quiteBy Walt De Vries From 1961 through 1967, Walt De Vries served George Romney as a campaign strategist during Romney's terms as Michigan governor; heading campaign research and strategy for three campaigns and as executive assistant in the office of the governor. He is co-author, with Lance Tarra ...
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OCTOBER 9, 2002, TEN YEARS AGO TODAY: U.S. Gov ...From Hubris: The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, and the Selling of the Iraq War by Michael Isikoff and David Corn: In Rome on the afternoon of October 7…Elisabetta Burba, an investigative reporter for Panorama, a Milan-based newsmagazine owned by conservative Italian Prime Minister Sil ...
Salon
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The Oatmeal makes a rape joke, Internet fails ...And Matthew Inman gets defensive
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Weird news: Monkey wearing a coat found in Can ...A baby monkey named Darwin wandered around the store's parking lot Sunday afternoon
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Can you face charges for reposting a link?Among the charges facing Anonymous "spokesman" Barrett Brown, copying a hyperlink to hacked information
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Companies face Obamacare preexisting condition feeWorkers will likely end up covering the $63-per-head fee
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Colorado governor signs marijuana legalization ...Colorado became the second state, after Washington, to allow recreational pot use
SMB News
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Indonesian volcano rumbles as president visits ...For SMB News Indonesian volcano rumbles as president visits camps PURWOBINANGUN: Indonesia’s Mount Merapi volcano spewed more deadly heat clouds Wednesday as President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono visited some of the 50,000 evacuees in shelters. Searing gas billowed from the crater of the 2,91 ...
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Kasaba throws spit on the camera\Kasaba throws spit on cameraMUMBAI: Ajmal Kasaba webcam spit on Tuesday during a hearing in the Bombay High Court for confirmation of the death penalty, which led the court strictly tell him to behave properly. Judjes a warning when they Kasaba altercation with the police and spit at the camera ...
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K’taka Speaker disqualifies 16 MLAsFor SMB News KBANGALORE: Hours ahead of the trust vote for beleaguered Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa in the Assembly, Speaker K G Bopaiah disqualified sixteen rebel MLAs, including eleven from ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), legislative sources said on Monday. Bopaiah signed the ...
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Twin bombing at Shah Ghazi’s shrine kills 8For SMB News Twin bombing at Shah Ghazi’s shrine kills 8 KARACHI: Eight people including two children were killed and over 65 others suffered injuries when two suicide bombers blew themselves up outside Abdullah Shah Ghazi’s shrine in Clifton, official sources said here Thursday. Two heads, beli ...
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Musharraf seeks Pak nation’s apology for ‘mistakeFor SMB News Musharraf seeks Pak nation’s apology for ‘mistakes’ LONDON: Former president Gen. (Retd.) Pervez Musharraf Friday admitted that political mistakes were committed in the twilight years of his regime and sought apology from Pakistani nation for the same. “These mistakes caused damage ...
Toronto Star - Editorials
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Toronto Mayor Rob Ford’s administration mislea ...Emails obtained by the Star show three key Toronto councillors were sent a list of candidates Mayor Rob Ford wanted to see appointed – even though the administration said no such list existed.
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Harper government crafts Canada’s energy polic ...Stephen Harper’s Conservatives are making up Canada’s energy policy as they go, without benefit of Parliamentary debate or public input.
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Ontario Education Minister Laurel Broten wisel ...Premier Dalton McGuinty’s government will allow elementary teachers to stage one-day strikes, but only until Christmas.
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Missing, murdered aboriginal women in Canada d ...It’s time the Canadian federal government faced the difficult questions involved in fighting violence against aboriginal women.
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Quebec’s new language law a pointless farceQuebec government’s latest foray into needless language meddling shows how much worse it could have been if voters had trusted PQ with a majority.
Energy Collective
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A Good Offense Is the Best DefenseIn my past posts I discussed examples of the transformation of the grid through a revolution in technology that will in turn provide extraordinary benefits for utilities, their customers and society. But, as has been the case in the telecommunications utility business, it will enable disruptive ...
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Why China Is So Wary Of Ambitious Internationa ...From many perspectives, China is a global powerhouse. China is the world’s second largest economy in terms of GDP, the world’s largest energy consumer, and a global leader in renewable energy investment. China is also the world’s biggest greenhouse gas emitter. It is no surprise, then, that when ...
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The World Wants a Solution to Climate Change: ...This week in Doha, Qatar, world leaders are struggling with how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions fast enough, and in amounts great enough, to protect people from the droughts, food shortages, rising sea levels, and severe weather events that climate change is likely to bring.
EU Times
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Mysterious Alaska Pyramid Fears Said Behind US ...An interesting report prepared by the Aerospace Defence Forces (VKO) circulating in the Kremlin today states that the “subcritical” nuclear test conducted by the United States last Wednesday (5 December) was in preparation for a much larger atomic explosion being planned by the Americans whose f ...
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Shocking photo gallery of Meth drug addicts an ...A new anti-drug advertisement shows the devastating physical transformation addicts experience after years of meth use. The photos, that show a shocking Dorian Gray-like deterioration, were compiled from mug shots of drug users that were arrested repeatedly over the years. The continued drug use ...
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Obama administration to overturn Washington & ...New legislation in Washington state went into effect this week that legalizes for the first time in ages the possession of marijuana. Federal law still says otherwise, though, setting up the Justice Department to make some serious determinations. Even as smoking up became protected by state law ...
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Hillary Clinton: Iran is the hardest issue eve ...US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has recently described Iran as the hardest issue she has been dealing with as secretary of state. In 30-minute keynote address at the annual US-Israeli forum, Clinton clearly enunciated that she has failed to find a solution to Iran issue. “Iran is the ...
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Brazil arrests 63 police officers for taking b ...Brazilian authorities have arrested 63 police officers accused of taking weekly bribes from drug gangs to not report any illegal activities committed by drug dealers in Rio de Janeiro. The policemen were taken into custody along with eleven drug dealers on Tuesday after a year-long bribery probe ...
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Video Games and Teen Violence CorrelationsWith the rising increase in teen violence, much research has been directed to determine if video games, violent television shows and other electronic media is directly related. Gentile, D.A. & Anderson C.A (2003) has done extensive research in which supports the theory that video games lead to v ...
Liquida : Worldwide News & Opinion
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Dez Bryant Injury: Dallas Cowboys Receiver May ...Dez Bryant of the Dallas Cowboys may be out for the season with an injured left index finger. A hand specialist is examining the Cowboys wide receiver to determine if season-ending surgery is called for. The possibility exists that he could continue to play out the season with the injury, howev ...
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Adobe brings Retina/HiDPI support to Photoshop ...Adobe has just announced support for HiDPI and Retina display as part of Photoshop CS6 and Adobe Illustrator. Support for Lightroom 4 should be available soon, but don’t hold your breath for Photoshop Elements support anytime soon. The feature was prophesied some months ago on the Adobe blog an ...
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New England Patriots Show The Houston Texans W ...December is a great month for the Patriots going forward as they continue their streak of winning 20 December games in a row, as well as their tenth game in a row this season. The Texans on the other hand, have to reassess their team and watch plenty of tape to figure out what they can do shoul ...
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Patriots CB Talib leaves with hip injuryFOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) â New England Patriots cornerback Aqib Talib has left Monday night's game against the Houston Texans with a hip injury. The Patriots say Talib is questionable to return. Talib was hurt when he dived to knock away a pass across the middle late in the first half. The Patrio ...
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'Zero Dark Thirty': Likely US Blockbuster Slam ...The Hollywood epic, Zero Dark Thirty , which will hit US movie theaters just in time for Christmas is being lambasted by journalists and critics for its attempt to whitewash history by presenting torture techniques used by the CIA during the Bush years as a key feature of the investigation that ...
Groklaw
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US patent lawsuits now dominated by 'trolls' - ...This year, about 61 percent of all patent lawsuits filed through Dec. 1 were brought by patent-assertion entities, or individuals and companies that work aggressively and opportunistically to assert patents as a business model rather than build their own technology, according to a paper by Colle ...
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End Software Patents!Here's a fun video on the problem with patents brought to you by myself and the great folks at Idea Rocket Animation! Read Launching the Innovation Renaissance (amz) for more (TED book app). - Alex Tabarrok, MarginalRevolution
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Federal Circuit Declines Chance to Eliminate S ...Last month I wrote about an intercircuit conflict over the appropriate standard of review for reviewing hearsay rulings (here). A similar circuit split exists over the appropriate standard of review for reviewing a district court's decision to award enhanced damages and attorneys' fees. Unlike ...
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3-for-1 Match for All Donations! (Internet Arc ...A generous supporter has offered to match every dollar we raise 3-to-1 through December 31st. We are trying to raise $150,000 in donations by the end of the year - with the match, that will give us $600,000, enough to buy 4 more petabytes of storage. Help us keep the library free for mi ...
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Troll Turning Point? Federal Circuit Breathes ...On Friday, December 7, 2012, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a precedential opinion [PDF] in Raylon v. Complus Data that gives hope to defendants everywhere who face objectively baseless patent infringement claims. For a very long time I have preached that the t ...
WideShut
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Another SEAL Team Six Member ‘Dead’SEAL who was part of alleged Bin Laden raid team joins long list of deceased members.
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Israel Clashes With UN, UK Cyber Snooping Bill ...Is the international community finally condemning Israel, or is it all just hot air? And Theresa May invokes 7/7 to push Communications Data Bill.
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7/7 Bombings Used as Justification for Cyber S ...If you're not with us then you're with the terrorists says Theresa May on Orwellian database plans.
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Cuts Didn’t Work: National Debt and Defi ...George Osborne extends his deficit-reduction target to 2017, as Britain mathematically fails to make any real cuts.
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Israel Told to open its Nuclear Arsenal to UN ...Israel has been ordered to open up its hefty nuclear arsenal for inspection, in an overwhelming majority vote by the UN general assembly.
Politics in the Zeros
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It’s official. We no longer have Rule of Law. ...Our state and federal officials are bought and paid for, compromised, craven, and useless. HSBC will not be criminally indicted.State and federal authorities decided against indicting HSBC in a money-laundering case over concerns that criminal charges could jeopardize one of the world’s largest ...
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Cloud storage. Microsoft Skydrive, Google Driv ...Credit: thetechpanda.comCloud storage at a personal level can be used as a virtual hard drive for storing documents, notes, PDFs, etc. This becomes especially useful when you have multiple computers and mobile devices. If the documents are in the cloud, you can access them from any device and th ...
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US nuclear testing continues despite promises ...US nuclear testing in Nevada in early December drew little public fanfare, less national media coverage, and only a smattering of international protest suggesting that the test violated the spirit of the 1996 Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty. The Treaty bans “any nuclear weapon test explosi ...
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Damn the risks. Full fracking ahead!World Shale Gas Resources: An Initial Assessment of 14 Regions Outside the United States. EIA via warnewsupdates.blogspot.comThe mad rush to extract oil and gas from shale by fracking is on. Fears of earthquakes or contaminated water are ridiculed. Let the Bull Moose in Heat rampaging towards sh ...
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3D printing is disruptive technologyChris Anderson’s upcoming book “Makers” talks about how 3D printing allowed him to easily, quickly, and cheaply make doll house furniture for his daughters and that “If you’re a toy company, this story should give you chills.”Further, we are currently at the dot mat ...
TVNZ - Top Stories
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Just World News
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Crunch time for funding G. Porter's book on Iran!Hi, everyone! We have just six days to go in our online fundraiser for Gareth Porter's very important planned book Manufactured Crisis: The Secret History of the Iranian Nuclear Scare. We've just topped getting pledges for 2/3 of the $10,000 we need for this. Can you do anything to help us get ...
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Palestine and the Arab SpringPlenty of western commentators have asserted that the attention that participants in the Arab Spring have been paying to governance issues in their own countries means that somehow they no longer really care about Palestine. (A few people, most notably As'ad Abou-Khalil, have challenged that as ...
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Obama admin wilfully blind on Gaza crisis?Quick! Someone help free Pres. Obama from the kidnappers who are holding him hostage! The kidnappers in question are, of course, our old friends from the Israel Lobby, who have succeeded so thoroughly in their decades-long campaign to stuff the whole of the U.S. foreign-policy establishment with ...
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Notes on Israeli threats of launching a 'Dahiy ...1. Some prominent Israelis are calling for a 'Dahiyeh' operation against Gaza. I just watched this clip from a news/discussion program on Israel's Channel 2. In it, "military analyst" Roni Daniel openly calls for the implementation of a "Dahiyeh" operation ("like in Beirut"), against Gaza. Dahi ...
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Fundraiser for key new book on Iran-- please help!As some JWN readers know, twelve days ago I launched an online fundraising campaign to support the writing and publication of one of my company's most important books for 2013, a book by award-winning investigative reporter Gareth Porter that exposes how the U.S. and Israel have "manufactured" t ...
frogblog
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Students – the numbers don’t lie&# ...It seems like we’ve been inundated with news and information relating to students and the tertiary sector over the last few days, so I thought I’d get it all down in one place… A week ago, two Victoria Uni students released the Keep Our Talent survey, which raised serious concerns about the futu ...
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TPP ProtestOn Saturday afternoon I marched against the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement (TPP) talks which are being held in secret. The crowd in Auckland was a great mix of tangata whenua, union networks, GE free New Zealanders, asset keepers and citizens who cannot be manipulated. The Greens and the Ma ...
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Make your voice count on International Human R ...Today is International Human Rights Day, a day when we can all celebrate our human rights but also make our voices count for those who’s rights are under attack across the world. In ten different libraries across Auckland City today, Amnesty International organised Write For Rights events ...
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Why the TPPA is bad for intellectual propertyNew Zealand has been hosting the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPPA) negotiations in Auckland this month and while this has brought some media attention to this important issue, an area that hasn’t attracted much focus is the impact it will have on intellectual property (IP).
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We need a moratorium on fracking in New ZealandWe need a moratorium on fracking in New Zealand. With so many unanswered questions remaining after the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment’s (PCE) recent interim report it would be irresponsible to allow the looming large expansion of fracking for oil and gas into new regions to go ah ...
Patronus Analytical
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J Kozy
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Fraudulent Educational Reform in AmericaWhat goes on in America's schools is essentially identical to what goes on in the Madrassas of the Muslim world. In both, orthodox beliefs are taught as truth and critical examination is discouraged. Two worlds clash in loggerheads.
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The Short, Miserable Life of American ProsperityHistory is not always progressive; there have been many instances of extensive regression. Immoral institutions can more easily become worse than better. When the Capitalists have accumulated all the wealth there is and have the means to take away any that is subsequently created, what will ...
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SCOTUS and the Rule of FlawThe Supreme Court of the United States is an institution that has failed in every possible way. It is notorious for having issued iniquitous opinions; it has not only failed to resolve but has exacerbated conflicts; and it has consistently negated the ideals the founding fathers wrote into t ...
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How the Economy Works: The Necessity of CrimeThe economy is merely a sum of money, not practices that sustain the oikos, and the money that makes up the sum is equally valued whether it results from virtuous or vicious, good or bad, constructive or destructive, humane or inhumane, legal or illegal, beneficent or malevolent practices. A ...
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Governments Exist to Further the Interests of ...Governments have never existed to solve problems domestic or international. Governments and their institutions exist merely to further and secure the interests of favored groups, but We the People are never the favored group.
Dr. Mercola Natural Health
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Will the Natural Products Association Live Up ...By Dr. Mercola As you've no doubt heard, California Proposition 37, which would have required genetically engineered (GE) foods to be labeled as such and prohibited GE-containing foods to be labeled as "natural" or "all-natural," failed to pass on November 6 by just two percentage points. C ...
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Toxic Taps: Lead is Still the ProblemBy Dr. Mercola Lead is one of the most well characterized toxins known to harm and damage your brain and nervous system. It is so toxic that it has been banned in gasoline and children's toys, and lead paint hasn't been in use since 1978. If you purchase a home that contains lead paint, ...
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Top 10 Packaged Foods You Shouldn't BuyBy Dr. Mercola Grist Magazine started me off on this list by providing the first five packaged foods that are completely unnecessary, as making them at home is not only simple, but far healthier and more inexpensive. I added five more to Jane Mountain's list, for a total of 10. C ...
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4 Keys to Healthy Aging: StudyBy Dr. Mercola If you had a choice and could either age well, enjoying your "golden years" with energy and vigor, free from disability and illness – or age poorly, and be straddled with health issues that keep you from fully living the later years of your life … which would you choose? ...
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How Innate ‘Plasticity’ of Your Brain Allows Y ...By Dr. Mercola It was once thought that any brain function lost was irretrievable. Today, research into what's referred to as "brain plasticity" has proven that this is not the case. On the contrary, your brain continues to make new neurons throughout life in response to mental activity. Asi ...
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Survival - tribal peoples
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Worldwide solidarity on Human Rights Day for E ...A London supporter in carnival costume carried a message for Brazil to 'Save the Awá'.© SurvivalSurvival supporters around the world held an international protest on UN Human Rights Day, urging Brazil to ‘Save the Awá’; Earth’s most threatened tribe. A supporter in carnival costume le ...
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Thousands join rally of defiance as Vedanta mi ...Thousands marched to voice their continued opposition to plans to mine the Niyamgiri Hills.© Bikash Khemka/SurvivalA rally of defiance was held at the foothills of India’s Niyamgiri Hills on Thursday, by thousands of tribal men and women, including the Dongria Kondh, who turned out to voice thei ...
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Naked truth of Earth’s most threatened tribe l ...Stickers with the demand ‘Brazil: Save the Awá’, will be used during Survival's worldwide protest.© SurvivalSurvival will hold a worldwide demonstration on December 10 to urge Brazil, on Human Rights Day, to save Earth’s most threatened tribe. A woman in Brazilian carnival costume will lea ...
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Christmas crisis for Canada’s iconic reindeer herdTribes all around the world, such as Russia’s Nenets, depend on reindeer for their survival. © Steve MorganA reindeer herd which was once the largest in the world has shrunk to a fraction of its former size, official surveys have revealed. Canada’s George River Herd once numbered 8-900,000, but ...
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Russian indigenous peoples’ organization order ...A Khanty man in Siberia© Jon SpaullAn organization representing indigenous peoples in Russia has been ordered to close, in the country’s latest crackdown on NGOs. The Ministry of Justice said it was suspending RAIPON (Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North) for six months b ...
Montreal Gazette
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Editorial: Poll confirms sovereignist movement ...The separatist movement’s problem is not so much that it is divided into partisan factions , but that most Quebecers aren’t interested in what it’s peddling.
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Jean-François Lisée: My language plan - shoe s ...Jean-François Lisée is the Parti Québécois cabinet minister responsible for liaison with the anglophone community. Also minister for the Montreal region and for international relations, he is writing in response to an open letter to him published on Saturday's Opinion page by ...
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Jean-François Lisée: My language plan - shoe s ...Jean-François Lisée is the Parti Québécois cabinet minister responsible for liaison with the anglophone community. Also minister for the Montreal region and for international relations, he is writing in response to an open letter to him published on Saturday's Opinion page by ...
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Letter of the Day: Some MDs need those 24-hour ...The elimination of 24-hour shifts for surgical residents in all specialties is producing unintended consequences, retired surgeon Michael A. Stanger writes.
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Plateau letter draws reaction pro and conThe July 23 Letter of the Day ("An administration that's sucking the life out of the Plateau," July 23) from Plateau Mont Royal resident Marion Bialek, and a response from Projet Montréal vouncillor Alex Norris drew lots of comment from readers at montrealgazette.com/opinion.
Food World Order
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Antibiotics In Chicken Causing New Infectionsfrom therealfoodchannel.com: Antibiotics are routinely given to factory farmed chickens, even healthy birds, to increase their growth rate. New research show a direct link between a superbug, resulting from eating chicken raised on antibiotics, and bladder infections. Eight million women suffer ...
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A Bacon Sundae? Really?from therealfoodchannel.com: In a faltering economy, inexpensive entertainment becomes more popular. Burger King is taking food entertainment to new lows as it attempts to recapture lost market share. Fast food chains are trying all kinds of new concoctions to lure consumers. Really, Burger King ...
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World Food Prices Fell a Second Month in Novem ...from businessweek.com: World food costs slipped for a second month in November as prices for oilseeds and cooking oils as well as sugar fell to the lowest in two years, the United Nations’ Food & Agriculture Organization said. An index of 55 food items tracked by the FAO fell to 210.9 points ...
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Turn in Your Guns, Get a Free Flu Shotfrom cryptogon.com: WORCESTER — Flu shots instead of gunshots. People can get free flu shots Saturday and next Saturday, even if they don’t turn in a gun at the city’s annual Goods for Guns buyback program. City residents, or residents of any other community, may bring their unwanted weapon ...
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TriHealth fires 150 employees for not getting ...from wlwt.com: One of Cincinnati’s largest employers fired approximately 150 employees Wednesday for failing to get a required flu shot. TriHealth offered all of its 10,800 employees free flu shots. Employees had a month to get the flu shot. The deadline was Nov. 16. Employees who did not get ...
CrusadeWatch
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The Bait of Christian Fundamentalism in Africasource: Huffington Post, 8/24/2011 Michael Mungai Co-founder, Dagoretti 4 Kids I grew up in the hovels of Dagoretti, an impoverished suburb in the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya. Raised by an unemployed single mother, my two siblings and I would take turns missing school to babysit our ...
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Puttur: Four Arrested for Forcing Religious Co ...source: Daijiworld, Aug 29, 2011 Puttur, Aug 29: Four persons, reportedly belonging to a Christian sect, were handed over to the police by the residents of Boodujal of Nedle village near Uppinangady on Sunday August 28. The locals, including some dalits, accused K J Kunhimonu (30) from Mun ...
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Andhra Pradesh: Church priest rapes minor girl ...source: India today, July 1, 2011 A Christian priest has been arrested for raping a 16-year-old girl and setting her ablaze in his house at Nadendla village of Guntur district in Andhra Pradesh.
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The changing face of the churchsource: Deccan chronicle, July 13, 2011 Its a well-documented fact that people adopt aspects of other cultures around them. The churches in Andhra Pradesh are following this custom and Indianising some of practices. At St Andrews Orthodox Church, West Marredpally, a Dwaja Stambam has been ...
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Pastors wife accuses him of sexual abuse of mi ...source: Bangalore Mirror, June 17, 2011 In her police complaint, Priyalatha has charged Shantaraju, pastor of Bethel Church and Bethel Student Centre, with having sex with young girls and getting them to abort S Shyam Prasad
Whole Truth Coalition
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Vox Populi, Methods of ManipulationCOTO Report and Megan ‘Verb’ Kargher are proud to present Vox Populi, Methods of Manipulation. It has become increasingly evident that large portions of the planet are descending with alarming speed into Orwellian police states. What is the New World Order and what are their plans fo ...
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The Big Awakening Conference 2011Click here for more information …
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Lawfull Rebellion - Roger Hayes challenges Liv ...“Wirral Council is taking Roger Hayes to Birkenhead county court for non-payment of council tax. Mr Hayes, chairman of The British Constitution Group, claims the council tax is illegal and imposed without his consent. His stand has won support from all over the country, and demonstrators t ...
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Truthjuice Gathering 2011SPEAKERS CONFIRMED CHARLIE VEITCH - THE END OF FEAR MARK FOSTER - EMPOWERMENT FOR THE PEOPLE PHIL MEDLEY - STARGATES: A PERSONAL JOURNEY MICHAEL HALLAM - BURSTING THE ECONOMIC BUBBLE AND PRACTICAL TOOLS FOR LOCAL COMMUNITY BUILDING IAN MOORE ( ...
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COTO Report This Ain’t Oz an Interview w ...COTO Report and Megan Kargher are pleased to bring you a special two day interview with Freeman of freemantv, the freeman perspective and the free zone http://www.youtube.com/user/Freemantv… http://thefreemanperspective.blogspot… http://freemantv.com/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O ...
The Economic Collapse
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15 Signs That The Economy Is Rapidly Getting W ...How can the mainstream media claim that the U.S. economy is "improving" when it is painfully obvious to anyone with a brain that the middle class is being absolutely eviscerated? According to numbers that were just released, the number of Americans on food stamps rose by more than 600,000 in a ...
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Unemployment Is Not Going Down: The Employment ...The mainstream media is heralding the decline of the official unemployment rate to 7.7 percent as evidence that the U.S. economy is improving. But it is a giant lie. The truth is that unemployment in America is not actually going down. The percentage of working age Americans with a job actual ...
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Show This To Anyone That Believes That Taxes A ...Every year average Americans pay dozens of different types of taxes, and yet many of our politicians are very open about the fact that they want to raise rates even higher and invent even more ways to bleed us all dry. Someday historians will look back and be absolutely amazed at how stupid we ...
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From Good Jobs To Bad Jobs To No Jobs – ...There was a time in America when virtually anyone that wanted a job could go out and get one and the United States boasted the largest and most prosperous middle class in the history of the world. Sadly, those days are long gone. Back in 1969, 95 percent of all men between the ages of [...]
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The Coming Derivatives Panic That Will Destroy ...When financial markets in the United States crash, so does the U.S. economy. Just remember what happened back in 2008. The financial markets crashed, the credit markets froze up, and suddenly the economy went into cardiac arrest. Well, there are very few things that could cause the financial ...
CASSE
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Elect More Women: Prerequisite for a Sustainab ...With men controlling legislative bodies, we've arrived at a global crisis point (both environmentally and socially). It's time to try electing more women.
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Economics as “Unusual” in Australian PoliticsSenator Christine Milne drops some seeds of hope in the barren fields of the Australian political landscape.
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The Daly-Correa Tax: Background and ExplanationHerman Daly has an unorthodox suggestion for curtailing carbon dioxide emissions: grant more power to OPEC.
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Efficiency and Entrepreneurship: Key Ingredien ...Professor Mountebank sets the record straight: the magic of infinite growth comes from the magic of ever-increasing efficiency.
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Where Infinite Growth Meets Biophysical LimitIf we don't like the expense of government regulation and bureaucracies, then we've basically got three choices. And only two of them have a future.
The Talking Clock
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Every end is a new beginning...Just remember that death is not the end... So, whilst The Talking Clock is - for now at least - mothballed, the many friends and regular readers who are "awake" might want to join me in my little sidestep venture: http://conspiracywatch.blogspot.co.uk/ Blogrolls need to be added and the ...
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Okay Captain Ranty... this blogger resigns fro ...On the day that the BEST blogger in the blogosphere - Captain Ranty - has posted to announce 'end of transmission' (though not for the first time)... ...having mulled over what Captain Ranty has to say, rather than replying to the above linked blogpost in comments or via 140 characters on Twi ...
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European Union (Approval of Treaty Amendment D ...Here are the highlights of the European Union (Approval of Treaty Amendment Decision) Bill, Second Reading debate which took place in the House of Commons yesterday. Bill Cash MP Plainly, the implosion in Europe does affect us, and this failed attempt to put a sticking plaster on an increasi ...
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Nothing Tutu Hide, Nothing Tutu Fear, Mr. BliarArchbishop Desmond Tutu is all over the world's media for boldly coming out in public with a call for George W. Bush and Tony Blair to stand trial at the International Criminal Court in The Hague for war crimes over the invasion of Iraq and overthrow of Saddam Hussein. Part of Tutu's thinking ...
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The People's Memorial: 15th Anniversary Tribut ...As is now a yearly thing for this blog, a few images of the tributes left at Kensington Palace for the fifteenth anniversary of Diana's death. Those of our readers who come here as fellow Diana admirers are more than welcome to save the images - links back greatly appreciated. Click on the th ...
Facing South
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Just how extreme is North Carolina's new Lt. G ...A proponent of abolishing the minimum wage and corporate income taxes, Dan Forest is quite likely the most conservative statewide elected official in North Carolina. But his work with a nonprofit that criticizes retailer Sears for promoting pornography by showing photos of women in lingerie cros ...
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BP engulfed in lawsuit over 40-day Texas flareTwo weeks before the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded, killing 11 workers and spewing millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, BP was spewing a different kind of pollution -- leading to a $500 billion lawsuit that has received far less attention. read more
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Moving South: New data shows Southern region a ...Especially since the Great Recession, people in the U.S. aren't moving as much as they used to. But new Census data shows that for those who do move, the South is the most popular destination. read more
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INSTITUTE INDEX: Duke Energy merger settlement ...The N.C. Utilities Commission and attorney general have settled their probes into Duke Energy's controversial $32 billion merger with Progress Energy. But a watchdog group calls the settlements a "sell-out of the public" and says it will continue to fight the merger in court. read more
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How cellphone companies have resisted rules fo ...Since Hurricane Katrina, cell carriers have successfully pushed back against rules on what they have to do in a disaster. In the wake of Sandy, will regulators finally take action? read more
CenterLine
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Search for new executive director of Center on ...Karen Greenberg, executive director of NYU Law’s Center on Law and Security (CLS), announced she is leaving to pursue other career opportunities. Greenberg’s tenure as executive director began with the founding of the Center in 2003. Under her stewardship, CLS … Continue reading →
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Today’s Terrorism NewsToday’s Terrorism News post will be the last one for the summer. Along with the staff here at the Center on Law and Security, and with particular thanks to The Soufan Group for its generous support and to Carolyn O’Hara … Continue reading →
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Today’s Terrorism NewsIn Association with The Soufan Group At Radicalization Hearing, Rep. King Says al Shabab Poses Threat Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) held a third congressional hearing on Islamic radicalization in the United States Wednesday, this one focused on the threat of … Continue reading →
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Today’s Terrorism NewsIn Association with The Soufan Group Four Indicted for Drug Trafficking to Benefit Terrorism Federal prosecutors in New York unsealed indictments Tuesday against four men they say conspired to sell drugs and buy weapons for Hezbollah and the Taliban in … Continue reading →
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Today’s Terrorism NewsIn Association with The Soufan Group In Arkansas, Man Accused of Killing Soldier Strikes Plea Deal A man on trial for shooting two U.S. soldiers, one of whom was killed, outside of a military recruiting station in 2009 reached a … Continue reading →
Short Sharp Science
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Today on New Scientist: 10 December 2012All the latest stories on newscientist.com, including carbon-negative fuel, Patrick Moore, how Einstein discovered dark energy, Doha, and more
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Seeing the Amazon in a new light will help to ...Not a candy forest but the Peruvian Amazon as seen by an instrument-laden aircaft that is mapping tropical ecology in unprecedented detail
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Today on New Scientist: 9 December 2012All today's stories on newscientist.com, including: fly me to the moon (for $1bn), dawn of photosynthesis, space-time waves, Kaggle's boss, and more
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Twin spacecraft map the mass of the man in the ...Two satellites called Ebb and Flow have revealed the fine variations in the moon's surface with the most detailed gravity map ever
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Today on New Scientist: 6 December 2012All today's stories on newscientist.com, including: NASA's next Mars rover, the night-time world from space, US dash for gas, Kyoto protocol redux, and more
Tech Drive In
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Desktop Zoom, Animations in Ubuntu 12.04/12.10 ...Ever wondered what happened to all those mind numbing animations and effects in older Ubuntu releases running GNOME 2.x? We used to conduct Linux installation fests during our college days and showing off Compiz Fusion's capabilities was a major highlight during every such event. But with the ...
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Reditr Beta Arrives, DEB Package Makes Install ...Reditr is a multi-column Reddit client for desktops. It currently supports Ubuntu, Mac, Windows and Google Chrome platforms. When it was first announced few months back, it created a lot of excitement, especially among Linux folks. But the initial Reditr Alpha release disappointed quite a few. ...
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New Official Gmail App for Android Arrives wit ...The wait is finally over. Official Gmail for Android app now supports pinch-to-zoom action. This was perhaps one of the most requested feature by users of Gmail app. Apart from that, the new app also brings in features such as swipe to delete/archive action, attaching of photos and videos from ...
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Google Play Store Revenues Spiking, Japan Over ...More Android growth stories. Google Play Store is growing in numbers. Nearly 900,000 apps and games are already in there and have been downloaded more than 25 billion times. But what about the revenues? App Annie has some interesting statistics. Google Play Store Reven ...
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30 Must Have Android Games for 2012Android is surging, their remains no questions about it. Android is a proven platform now and that is particularly showing in the burgeoning apps market. Google Play Store is now home to nearly 900,000 applications and games. More than 25 billion apps and games have already been downloaded fro ...
Case About Bird Flu
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The Death of a Father: an old photo brings bac ...Sipping some wine to mourn – or perhaps to celebrate? – my leaving Austria, one of my elderly neighbours mentioned the resignation speech of Austrian Chancellor Kurt Schusschnig in 1938, which ended with the words “May God protect Austria.” Every Austrian knows what happened after the Annexatio ...
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The Death of a Father: an old photo brings bac ...Sipping some wine to mourn – or perhaps to celebrate? – my leaving Austria, one of my elderly neighbours mentioned the resignation speech of Austrian Chancellor Kurt Schusschnig in 1938, which ended with the words “May God protect Austria.” Every Austrian knows what happened after the Annexatio ...
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Stronach’s new “false flag” ...You read about it on this blog first: Globalist and Magna chief Frank Stronach has been trying to recruit people for a new „false flag“ opposition party as the euro crisis escalates. Stronach even rang the solictor handling the sale of my flat in Vienna and offered him a job as Justice Minister. ...
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Stronach’s new “false flag” ...You read about it on this blog first: Globalist and Magna chief Frank Stronach has been trying to recruit people for a new „false flag“ opposition party as the euro crisis escalates. Stronach even rang the solictor handling the sale of my flat in Vienna and offered him a job as Justice Minister. ...
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Stauffenberg in the Wolf’s Lair: Read th ...At a time of crisis, terror and tyranny, Claus von Stauffenberg seized the initiative and tried to assassinate Adolf Hitler and overthrow the Nazi regime in a coup in July, 1944. As such, he is an example to us all today. The mass impoverishment of people by the fractional reserve banking scam ...
Invisible Opportunity
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The Satanic Schematic and the Devil Inside. Sm ...By Visible This is a very important situation and something Mr. Apocalypse is concerning himself with, as a high priority matter. From this we can see how very obvious it is that a world wide Satanic network has taken control of the governments and religions of the world …in the lar ...
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Maya Banned from performing ceremonies at ance ...Mexican authorities have banned Maya spiritual leaders from performing ceremonies at their ancestral temples, which are about to be overrun by a curious assortment of conspiracy theorists, dooms-dayers, new-agers and well-intentioned tourists who just want to be apart of the festivities. The Cer ...
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Still Pretending on Israel’s Nuke ArsenalThe United States has blocked a conference aimed at banning nuclear weapons in the Middle East, thus shielding Israel from criticism for keeping a rogue nuclear arsenal even as it threatens to attack Iran for the mere “capacity” to build a bomb. This latest move is counterproductive, says ex-CIA ...
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Russia will not allow Libyan scenario in Syria ...Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has expressed Moscow’s strong opposition to repetition of the Libyan scenario in the conflict-stricken Syria, stressing that the Kremlin will not allow such a thing happen again. “We’ll not allow the Libyan experience to be reproduced in Syria. Unfortunatel ...
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Corporate Giant Comes Out Against GMOsIt has come to our attention that Kaiser Permanente, the largest managed healthcare organization in the United States, has advised its members against GMOs (genetically modified organisms) in food. In its Northwest Fall 2012 newsletter, Kaiser suggested membership limit exposure to genetically m ...
Veterans Today
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Netanyahu Blowout: Obama and Hamas Gassing Je ...The video below shows the people of Gaza building gas chambers and crematoriums to murder all of Israel:
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Top 10 Veterans Stories in Today’s News – Dece ...The Career Center helps Servicemembers in transition and Veterans with opportunities to translate their military skills into careers, create and post resumes, obtain free copies of their DD 214 (Report of Separation), and search for jobs.
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Will Palestinians Ever ‘Seize Their Destiny’Some commentators have been saying that Israel's latest land-grab has effectively killed off the two-state solution (if such a thing was ever truly feasible).
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Report Reveals Further Reduction in Veterans H ...The Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today announced that a new national report shows that homelessness among Veterans has been reduced by approximately 7 percent between January 2011 and January 2012.
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The Federal Reserve Cartel: Part III: The Roun ...by Dean Henderson (Part three of a five-part series excerpted from Chapter 19: The Eight Families: Big Oil & Their Bankers…) According to former ...