oldephartte(in training): 19 February

Magdalene College (Photo credit: kaet44)

Lighthouse of Peggys Cove, Nova Scotia (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Fishing Boats in Yarmouth, NS (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Apple Inc. New Headquarters (Photo credit: MarkGregory007)

English: The International Space Station is featured in this image photographed by an STS-134 crew member on the space shuttle Endeavour after the station and shuttle began their post-undocking relative separation. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 11:55 p.m. (EDT) on May 29, 2011. Endeavour spent 11 days, 17 hours and 41 minutes attached to the orbiting laboratory. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

All Things Considered - NPR

Newly Displaced Syrians Head For Turkish Border

Quvenzhane Wallis: 'If I Have To Be Fierce, I'll Be Fierce'

What Happens When Someone Else Gets Your Tax Refund

American Water Intelligence

El Nido water supply and sanitation project

North Moldova concession

Comrat concession

BBC
Apple computers 'hacked' in breach

Computers used by Apple employees were hacked by the same attackers which targeted Facebook, the iPhone-maker says.

HTC unveils new flagship smartphone

China military unit 'behind hacking'

Tunisia PM Hamadi Jebali resigns

Tunisian Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali resigns after failing to form a new government following a political assassination.

Pistorius 'mistook lover for robber'

Cosmos may be 'inherently unstable'
Scientists say further study of the Higgs boson will reveal if there is an inherent instability in the Universe, leading to its eventual replacement.

February-19-13 1:41:06 AM
Contact regained with space station
Nasa ground controllers re-establish contact with the International Space Station hours after a computer failure interrupted communication.

February-19-13 1:36:22 PM
Global standard targets water waste
An international standard on water reduction has been launched by the UK's Carbon Trust in order to encourage businesses to use water more sustainably.

February-19-13 1:10:39 AM
Whales benefit from action on noise
Scientists are working to reduce the noise levels and hazardous collisions that blight whale populations swimming off the northeast coast of the US.

February-18-13 5:49:04 PM
Sars-like virus death reported in UK
A patient infected with a new respiratory illness similar to the deadly Sars virus has died in the UK.

February-19-13 3:47:55 AM
Meteorite fragments found in Urals
Russian scientists say they have found fragments of a meteorite that struck in the Urals region on Friday, injuring some 1,200 people.

February-18-13 11:51:33 AM

Blog of Rights - ACLU

Federal Government Set Deportation Quota - USA Today Reports on Records First Uncovered by ACLU

Breaking the Addiction to Incarceration: Weekly Highlights (02/15/2013)

The Softball Question That Wasn’t

CBC

Ontario Liberals seek to balance books, build opportunity

Pistorius tells bail hearing he did not intend to kill girlfriend

Search for 5 Nova Scotia fishermen hampered by rough seas

CNET

Apple issues Java update after security breach

Dell beats Wall Street estimates

Amazon opens celebrity memorabilia store

CNN
Pistorius: 'She died in my arms'

Oscar Pistorius says it was dark in the house and he thought an intruder was in the bathroom. He says he thought his girlfriend was in bed. Then he...

Pistorius' story

What my son taught me about Pistorius

CTV

Montreal cop 'Constable 728' arrested, facing charges

A Montreal police officer who rose to notoriety after video emerged of her using pepper spray on protesters and roughly arresting men drinking beer...

Ottawa's Helene Campbell dances onstage with DeGeneres

Alberta environmentalists take caribou concerns to U.S.

Canadian Centre for Pollicy Alternatives

Community health innovation: you decide!

Saskatchewan's anti-poverty plan, does it measure up?

CETA: Constraining Manitoba's economic prospects and policy options

Center for Climate and Energy Solutions

Markets & Business Strategy Intern

Manager, Transportation Initiatives

113th Congress

ChannelNewsAsia

India braces for nationwide strike

Tennis: Gasquet blown out by journeyman Muller

Apple hit by hackers

Circle of Blue water news

Map: China’s Provincial Water Resources and Use (2002-2010)

The Stream, February 19: Climate Change Edition

The Stream, February 18: Ethiopia’s Planned Nile River Dam Could Affect Water Supply for Millions

Common Dreams

False Prophet: Gay Guy Yells Back at Nutjob Homophobic Preacher, Everyone Cheers

A Rogue Power: Vatican May Shield Pope from Growing Prosecution Efforts

I Cry For My Trees

Daily Bell

See This Video of Ancient Artifacts and Change Your Life

Gareth Ickes Musical Video Reminds Us of the Strange Content of Modern Compositions

The Paradigm Shift Dilemma

Daily Galaxy

	Higgs Boson Researchers --"An Alternative Universe Will Appear, Expand, and Destroy Ours"
	Astrochemists Decipher Mystery Molecules Discovered in Distant Galaxies
	Zeroing in on the Mystery of Dark Matter --"We are on the Verge of Detecting a New Particle of Nature"
	Image of the Day: The Largest Galaxy in the Observable Universe?
	The Search for the Missing "Dark Galaxies" of the Universe

Daily Kos

Alabama Republican says a baby 'is the largest organ in a body' because she's a moron

Donald Trump threatens $25 million 'shut the f- up' lawsuit against activist

Midday open thread

Democrarcy Now!

"Brave Miss World": Raped Before Winning '98 Title, Linor Abargil Campaigns Against Sexual Violence

The ATM for Climate Denial: Secretive Donors Trust Funds Vast Network of Global Warming Skeptics

Donors Trust: Little-Known Group Helps Wealthy Backers Fund Right-Wing Agenda in Secret

Discovery
Electronic Telekinesis from Temporary Tattoo

Super-thin, flexible electronic "tattoos" read brain wave activity in a non-invasive way and could be used to control machines. ->

Most Amazing Medical Breakthroughs

Future Soldiers to Communicate Via Their Shirts

Fark
11 kids and on welfare. The obvious thing to do is buy a horse [Dumbass]

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We're about to find out if three misdemeanor wedgie offenses equals a felony [Misc]

Photoshop this long-necked lady [Photoshop]

Food and Water Watch

EU Horsemeat Scandal: Pie and a Pint Anyone?

The Senator’s Sip

Field Notes from the Campaign to Label GE Foods: Pennsylvania

foodconsumer

Alcohol causes colorectal cancer

High protein diet or high carbohydrate diet, which is better for weight loss?

Folic acid harms embryonic development

ForceChange

Tell Performer Not to Endorse Pepsi

Ask American Bar Association to Punish Law Schools that Lie About Employement Prospects

Label Westboro Baptist Church as an Official Hate Group

FreakOut Nation

The Tea Party Patriots have made Karl Rove the new Hitler (Image)

Man shoots woman in her home, goes on shooting rampage on the freeway, 4 dead

Nikki Haley gets proven wrong on income tax elimination plot

Google App Engine
New Google App Engine training videos now available

Do you wonder how App Engine orchestrates hundreds of instances so smoothly? Can you imagine how Datastore queries and transactions work behind the...

App Engine 1.7.5 Released

Research Projects on Google App Engine

Guardian UK
Energy prices: a political power play | Editorial

Would-be investors in gas, green power and nuclear look on with no confidence at what return they can expect, and walk awayIn warning of "very...

Letters: Walking the walk on dealing with obesity

Elton John plans in-store shows to help save HMV

Oscar Pistorius weeps as court hears riveting testimony

Athlete gives version of events and prosecutors build case of premeditated murder on day Reeva Steenkamp is buriedFor a short while, Oscar...

Syrians suffer as stalemate drags on

Nigerian Islamists behind kidnap

Join Us in Our Toy Drive for Native American Children on the Bayou ...

BP's Corexit Oil Tar Sponged Up by Human Skin | Mother Jones

First Chapter Reveal: Vampire of Macondo by Deborah Dupre | As ...

Hayride

POSSIBLE STROKE: Bill Cannon Rushed To Hospital

Louisiana Family Forum Enters Voucher Lawsuit

CASSIDY: Is Louisiana Natural Gas The Future Of American Energy?

Inside Facebook
Facebook platform industry news and hires: We Are Social

We Are Social, a global social media agency, which previously focused on strategic research, planning and creative in the owned and earned...

Malicious Chrome extension promising business version of Flash can take over users’ Facebook accounts

Case study: FBX ads result in more sales when combined with Facebook Ads API

Ireland
Tearful Kenny issues apology as survivors cry in gallery

The Taoiseach broke into tears as he made an historic and emotionally-charged state apology to survivors of the Magdalene laundries.

Magdalene laundries women: Now the truth has come out

Full text of Enda Kenny's apology to the Magdalene laundries survivors

Lifehacker

Want an Exercise Routine You'll Stick To? Ask Yourself These Questions

The Corner Text Home Screen

LobeLog

Obama, Kerry and the Mid-East: A Blueprint for Re-engagement

Iran Seeks Reciprocity in Nuclear Negotiations

On the Assassination of an Iranian in Syria

memorandum

Missouri Lawmaker Introduces Bill To Make It A Felony To Propose Gun Control Legislation (Andrew Kaczynski/BuzzFeed)

Gen. John Allen intends to retire, decline military's top post in Europe (Rajiv Chandrasekaran/Washington Post)

'Sharon was about to leave two-thirds of the West Bank' (Elhanan Miller/The Times of Israel)

MetroMetro.co.UK

Apple admits to being victim of computer hack

Apple has admitted some of its computers were hacked (Picture: Getty) Apple has revealed it was attacked by the same hackers who targeted Facebook...

The Fried Chicken Shop: Life in a Day bit into the deep-fried heart of Britain

Tottenham to use Lyon tie to continue scouting Lisandro Lopez

Mobile Texas Politics
UT president, under pressure from regents, gets support from lawmakers

Bill Powers, president of the University of Texas, has had a rocky relationship with some ...

Veterans of lawsuit reform turn to education

Senator wants public-private partnerships banned in Capitol complex

NPR

Whose Sequester Is It Anyway?

If Higgs Boson Calculations Are Right, A Catastrophic 'Bubble' Could End Universe

McConnell Ad Spoofs 'Obama's Kentucky Candidate'

News24

Let SA peace troops be - minister

Millitary operations in Mali winding down

News.com.Au

$50m in diamonds taken in airport heist
EIGHT masked gunmen make hole in fence at Brussels airport, drive onto tarmac and snatch $50 million of diamonds from passenger jet.
Pistorius 'never meant to kill her'

Four dead in shooting spree

Woman gives birth to two sets of twins - at once

Hodgkin's patients face less chemo

New Scientist

Today on New Scientist: 19 February 2013

Doctors would tax sugary drinks to combat obesity

Space station's dark matter hunter coy about findings

Obama Conspiracy Theories

Future news: Supreme Court rejects Taitz plea

Orly Taitz ~ U.S. Supreme Court Grants Expedited Decision On Obama Fraud For Tuesday February 19, 2013

Old news: Futurama spoofed the birthers

Open Channel
Lights, cameras, reaction: Resistance builds against red-light cameras

Currently 21 states and Washington, D.C., use automated cameras at traffic intersections to catch violations such as running through red lights and...

Suburban police officers allowed to work 'half-drunk,' Chicago investigation reveals

Mystery company so far successful in court battle to quash consumer complaint

Open Secrets

Monsanto: Big Guy on the Block When it Comes to Friends in Washington

Capital Eye Opener, Feb. 19: Johanns Is Gone, Palin Is Back And More...

Capital Eye Opener, Feb. 18: A Texas-Size Gusher of Cash, and Carnival's Washington Spending Soars

Payvand Iran News

Photos: 2013 Greco-Roman Wrestling World Cup in Tehran

More detained Iranian journalists released until trial

Without Resolve, Reformists' Path Will Hurt Iran

Pesticide Action Network

Supreme Court battle: Farmer v. Monsanto