Saturday, February 23, 2013

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English: A seal lynx point adult male, current...English: A seal lynx point adult male, currently the #1 Siberian in CFA and was the #1 Siberian kitten in CFA in 2009. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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All Things Considered - NPR
EW's Oscar Guy: Predictions, Backstage Tales

Boston Grapples With The Threat Of Storms And Rising Water
American Water Intelligence
Hyderabad recycling plants

Davis-Woodland Water Supply Project, CA
BBC
Apple patent hints at smart watch
Proof that Apple has been exploring the idea of a smart watch are confirmed by a patent filed by the company.  

Hackers attack Microsoft computers
Mali operation reaches 'final phase'
French President Francois Hollande says his country's forces are engaged in the "final phase" of the fight against Islamist militants in Mali.  
  • Chemical link to otter penis problem
    Chemicals may be linked to a decrease in males otters' penis bone weight, scientists say.
    February-23-13 7:00:19 PM
  • Siberia permafrost thaw warning
    Evidence from Siberian caves suggests that a global temperature rise of 1.5C could see permafrost thaw over a large area of Siberia.
    February-22-13 7:41:27 AM
  • Sailors to help measure plankton
    Researchers are asking sailors and fishermen to help with what they hope will be the world's biggest study of plankton in the oceans.
    February-23-13 1:26:50 AM
  • Hope over anti-resistance flu drug
    A new type of flu drug that can stop resistant strains in their tracks shows promise, say US researchers.
    February-21-13 6:40:54 PM
  • Deepest undersea vents discovered
    UK scientists exploring the ocean floor in the Caribbean discover an "astounding" set of hydrothermal vents, the deepest in the world.
    February-21-13 12:53:22 AM
  • Tracking Europe's alien invasion
    Invasive alien species pose a greater risk to Europe's biodiversity, economy and human health than previously thought, a report concludes.
    February-21-13 6:33:50 AM


Blog of Rights

This Week in Civil Liberties (02/22/2013)
CBC

CNET
The Facebook mistakes people make after a date

Google laptop shows Apple a thing or two
CNN
Water tank body still mystery
Two days after the grisly discovery, the case of the Los Angeles hotel water tank corpse is a mystery with many unanswered questions.  

CTV
Top Montreal restaurant airs beef with the language watchdog
One of Canada's most famous restaurants is going public over its troubles with Quebec's language watchdog, following this week's pasta flap.  

No bodies found in dive team's search of Miss Ally
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
Canada heading for 'bitumen cliff'

CETA: Constraining Manitoba's economic prospects and policy options
Center for Climate and Energy Solutions

RGGI changes help both the environment and business
ChannelNewsAsia

Auto racing: Late crash mars Daytona Nationwide finish
Circle of Blue water news
Washington Water Main, February 22: Natural Gas and Climate Change Take Center Stage

Rose George
Common Dreams
Choked To Death On Waste

Missouri Is Brilliant: Make Gun Control A Felony, Shoot Gun Control Bills, Teach First-Graders the Same
Daily Bell
And the Antidote to the Great Fiscal and Monetary Crisis Is

The Demise of Swiss Private Banking is Premature
Daily Galaxy
RNA --"DNA's Messenger or the Origin of Life on Earth?" (Weekend Feature)RNA --"DNA's Messenger or the Origin of Life on Earth?" (Weekend Feature)
Rare Asteroid Observed with Comet-like Dust Trail Rare Asteroid Observed with Comet-like Dust Trail
EcoAlert: 2011 Ningaloo Nino "Foreshadows Future Extreme Warming Events"EcoAlert: 2011 Ningaloo Nino "Foreshadows Future Extreme Warming Events"
Image of the Day: Curiosity Yields First Mars Soil Sample --Will It Reveal Signs of Past Life?Image of the Day: Curiosity Yields First Mars Soil Sample --Will It Reveal Signs of Past Life?
Higgs Boson Researchers --"An Alternative Universe Will Appear, Expand, and Destroy Ours"Higgs Boson Researchers --"An Alternative Universe Will Appear, Expand, and Destroy Ours"

Daily Kos
This week in Crazy Racist Gun Nut Playhouse

Legislatin' in America

Democracy Now!
"The Terror Courts": An Inside Look at Rough Justice, Torture at Guantánamo Bay

Headlines for February 22, 2013
Discovery

The Oscars: Why Hollywood Tales Become Reality
The narrative of historical films such as Lincoln run the risk of becoming true history for many viewers.  

Fark
Note to people who need to kill someone: most "hit men" are undercover cops, so you'll just have to do it yourself [Dumbass]
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Photoshop this Diablo Arlequin dancer [Photoshop]
Food and Water Watch
Field Notes From the Campaign to Label GE Foods: Ohio

Field Notes from the Campaign to Label GE Foods: Connecticut
Food Consumer
Virginia Firm Recalls Pork Sausage Product That May Contain Foreign Materials
  CLASS II RECALLHEALTH RISK: LOW FSIS-RC-017-2013February 21, 2013 Congressional and Public Affairs Adam Tarr(202)...  

Healthy Recipes: Very Vegetable Minestrone with Barley and Beans
ForceChange

FreakOut Nation

Fighting back: Planned Parenthood releases new ad targeting Mitch McConnell
Google Apps

Google Cloud Platform introduces new support packages
Support is as important as product features when choosing a platform for your applications. And let’s face it, sometimes we all need a bit of help...  

New Google App Engine training videos now available
Guardian UK
A lesson for us all from one woman's true compassion | Alex Clark
A widow's care for the man who took her husband's life is a far cry from the desire for retribution we often seePatricia Machin's husband, Gerrard...  

Rating downgrade: Q&A
Oscar Pistorius freed on bail until murder trial begins in June
Paralympian shows little relief as he is ordered to surrender guns and passports before facing Reeva Steenkamp murder chargeWhen the long-awaited...  

Vatican dismisses reports linking pope's resignation to gay conclave discovery
 First Chapter Reveal: Vampire of Macondo by Deborah Dupre | As ...
Hayride

Rand Paul Sends Surplus Office Budget Back To Treasury
Inside Facebook
Zuckerberg, Twitter, Yahoo and more in this week’s Facebook news roundup
Zuckerberg and Brin collaborate to launch Foundation – Mark Zuckerberg, Google co-founder Sergey Brin and technology investor Yuri Milner are...  

Facebook updates iOS app with free calls in the U.S., Canada
Ireland
Two men arrested and handguns seized in Cork
Gardaí in Cork have arrested two men and seized two handguns as part of an ongoing operation into the activities of dissident republicans.  

IMO: New Croke Park proposals not acceptable
Lifehacker
This Week's Top Downloads
LobeLog
memeorandum

As Cuts Loom, Governors Seek More Control of Federal Funds to Lessen the Pain (Robert Pear/New York Times)
MetroMetro.co.UK

The Dangers of Video Game Reboots – Reader’s Feature
A reader warns video game execs that a series reboot may not be the best way to save an ailing franchise, only upset its remaining fans. Is a Tomb...  

What Annoys Me About Modern Day Video Gaming – Reader’s Feature
Mobile Texas Politics
Proposed bills seek to bolster hospital patient protections
Two Texas senators are pushing for reforms they say will help protect state psychiatric hospital ...  

Strama warns against automatic budget cuts
NPR
NASCAR Crash Sends Car Debris Into The Stands At Daytona
NRC
13-010: NRC to Discuss San Onofre Unit 2 Restart Proposal with Southern California Edison in Rockville, MD, on Feb. 27

I-13-004: Nine Mile Point 1, Fitzpatrick Nuclear Power Plants to Receive Additional NRC Oversight
New Scientist
News 24
Reeva's family has doubts over overtures
Murdered model Reeva Steenkamp's relatives say they have misgivings about efforts by Oscar Pistorius's family to reach out to them.  
News.co.Au
Cricketers to help stop tide of boats
SRI Lankan cricketers will front a campaign to discourage asylum seekers from taking boat journeys to Australia.
Australian slaughterhouses face uncertain future

'Everything about him I'll miss'

'They drank themselves sick at London Games'

Aussies ditch coast trips for weekends overseas
Obama Conspiracy Theories
Taitz makes amends
Open Channel

Horse meat in the US? Unlikely, but tests are rare
Leonhard Foeger / ReutersAn employee of the microbiological laboratory of the Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety prepares a sample of...  

Expert: US in cyberwar arms race with China, Russia
Open Secrets
Oscar Nominees Award Dems Millions in Political Money
Payvand Iran news
Pesticide Action Network
Kids are at risk. What's the hold up?
Philippines news
DepEd releases school calendar for 2013-14 classes to start June 3

Heads will roll over escape of 3 Chinese drug suspects — Palace
Political MoJo | Mother Jones

We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for February 22, 2013
Politics Security Secrecy
Private* Security Industry must be made transparent and accountable ...
( *Here's one for the 'Unclear on the Concept' cartoon )

Netanyahu backs spying secrecy after Prisoner X death | The Raw ...
Psychology Today

Putting the Past Behind You
Register
Microsoft brings Azure back online
Science
Science
Money can't buy you the good life

Video: Real jetpack unveiled in Dubai
Science@NASA
Kepler Discovers a System of Tiny Planets

NASA to Broadcast Asteroid Flyby of Earth
ScienceDaily
Flipping the 'off' switch on cell growth: Protein uses multiple means to help cells cope when oxygen runs low

Reprogramming cells to fight diabetes
Scientific American
Patent Watch: A Heart Monitor in Your Phone

On Ethics and Self-Policing in (Citizen) Science
Shaleshock Media
Wootton Gas Site Being Drilled – 2-21-13
SPACE.com

World's Smallest Space Telescopes Launching Monday
The tiny nanosatellites are small cubes that will study the brightest stars in the night sky.  
StarOnline
Lahad Datu stand-off: Armed group running out of supplies
Stupid Videos

Old Man Climbs Crane
Always a bad sign when a man who lived through the Korean war is in better shape than you are.  

Incredible Behind The Back Ping Pong Shot
 TED
Techdirt
Dark Helmet's Favorite Posts Of The Week 4: This Time, It's Personal

Should Google, Amazon And Others Be Able To Lock Up New Generic Top Level Domains For Their Own Use?
Tech Republic
SolutionBase: Enforce system policies with the Group Policy Diagnostic Best Practice Analyzer

Implementing Microsoft ForeFront Security for Exchange
This Week in Science
In Search of Unparticles
Trend.Az

Six underground nuclear waste containers leaking at US facility
An investigation is under way into leaking nuclear waste storage tanks at a former atomic bomb-building facility in the north-western US state of...  

IRGC hacks foreign spy drone during military exercises
USA Today
Police find SUV in Vegas strip shooting
Unexplained Mysteries
Director offers $100,000 for alien evidence
WhoWhatWhy
WhoVideo: Fracking…NOT the Gas Industry’s Version (Second Installment)
Web MD

'Smarter Lunchroom' May Lead to Healthier Choices
Attractive positioning of fruits and veggies influences what kids eat, researchers find  
 White House

Remarks by President Obama and Prime Minister Abe of Japan After Bilateral Meeting
A Witchy Life
A Response to Fox News’ Story on Wiccans
For a video and partial transcript of Fox News’ broadcast about the University of Missouri allowing Wiccan and Pagan holidays, click this...  

(PBP) The Letter C: Curse
ZD Net
Apple's new iOS 6 packed with features
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Half of Toronto-area workers have fallen into 'precarious employment': study - Globe and Mail
In just a few short decades Canada's labour market has changed dramatically. The widely held belief that employment leads to economic security and social well-being has become out-of-step with an increasing number of people in today's work force.
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Province, BCMA introduce new $132 million program to improve health care ... - Vancouver Sun
Patients will be able to talk to their family doctor by phone as part of a new program designed to tackle the backlog of 176,000 British Columbians looking for a family physician. Coming into effect April 1 throughout the province, the program is based on pilot ...
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Herbal tea recalled due to salmonella warning - CBC.ca
A batch of Tega brand Organic Lemon Hibiscus Green Rooibos Herbal Tea could be tainted by salmonella. (Nu-tea.com). A brand of herbal tea sold in B.C. is being recalled voluntarily on the recommendation from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency who ...
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Medical marijuana users worried about big price hike - Canada.com
Local medical marijuana activists have mixed feelings about proposed changes to the federal government's medicinal pot system. Activists opposed to the changes, set to take place next year, staged a nationwide protest on Thursday. However other local ...
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Salt, Sugar, Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us by Michael Moss – review - The Guardian
New York Times journalist Michael Moss spent three-and-a-half years working out how big food companies get away with churning out products that undermine the health of those who eat them. He interviewed hundreds of current and former food industry ...
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International interest in UofM FASD research - CBC.ca
Manitoba's research on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is getting international attention. Dr. Albert Chudley, on of the experts on the the University of Manitoba's FASD research team. (Government of Canada). A nine-person delegation from France ...
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Health board cool on casino - The Sudbury Star
The Sudbury and District Board of Health is sending a strong message to city council that the negative health impacts of establishing a casino in Sudbury would outweigh any benefits of such a gambling centre. The board unanimously passed a motion ...
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Canadians and the Gates Foundation on target to raise millions to fight polio - Toronto Sun

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At least 30 fans injured when car sails into fence at Daytona - Fox News

Governors press for alternative to impending spending cuts - Reuters

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Saudi sets out roadmap for major renewable energy programme
Reuters
RIYADH Feb 23 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has published a roadmap for its renewable energy programme, aimed at reducing the amount of oil it burns in power stations, and targets issuing final bids for the first plants within three months. The world's top ...
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Budget 2013: Make 'renewable energy' an independent sector, says FICCI
Economic Times
NEW DELHI: Stressing the necessity for setting-up projects on renewable energy, FICCI solar task force has recommended the government to make renewable energy as an independent sector and separate it from power sector exposure limit in budget 2013.
Turbines symbolic of locally produced renewable energy
Maui News
ULUPALAKUA - With the 428-foot-tall wind turbines in the Auwahi Wind energy project completed, state and community officials viewed the towers dotting the southern slope of Haleakala as a symbol of renewable energy. U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz, Lt. Gov.
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Renewable energy as a power source?
Napa Valley Register
The program, called a community choice aggregation, would give local governments control over purchases of renewable energy, and in setting rates for the generation component of residents' electric bills, said Gopal Shanker, president of Recolte Energy.
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Researchers concerned about giant goldfish threatening ecology of Lake Tahoe
Fox News
Associated Press. SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Giant goldfish could be threatening the ecology of Lake Tahoe on the California-Nevada border. Biologists with the University of Nevada, Reno say they're finding a growing number of the fish in the crystal clear lake.
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Ecology awarding $4.8 million in federal wetland conservation grants for Puget ...
Access Washington
OLYMPIA - The Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) has secured $4.8 million in federal grants to help acquire and restore 550 acres of tidal wetlands and associated freshwater and upland habitat areas in Island, Jefferson, Kitsap and Mason ...
Ecology starts review of Burlington's shoreline program update
Access Washington
BELLINGHAM – The Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) seeks public comment on Burlington's recently updated Shoreline Master Program, a landmark effort that will significantly increase protection and restoration of area shorelines and water ...
Illegal mining finishing boats destroy Myanmar Sea ecology
Eleven Myanmar
Bottom trawling also damages coral reef and sea ecology. To preserve coral island, sea bed, we need cooperation of Myanmar naval forces. We also need to form committees and associations to protect Myanmar Sea. Illegal foreign fishing boats use dynamite ...
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Men say their breast cancer was caused by contaminated water at Camp Lejeune
NBCNews.com
Officials say that while testing of the tap water began in 1980, it took them four years to determine exactly which wells were contaminated, and that once those wells were identified, they were shut down immediately. Partain says the Marine Corps ...
Poland Spring Water Bottles May Be Contaminated By Gasoline
Huffington Post
After Super Storm Sandy struck the eastern seaboard in October, some gasoline shortages were reported in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut, and some residents used empty containers such as large water bottles to transport gasoline.
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Water main break disrupts Auburn Avenue
Atlanta Journal Constitution
Crews were on the scene of a water main break Saturday evening in the area of Auburn Avenue and Jessie Hill Jr. Drive. Watershed Management spokeswoman Janet Ward said crews were trying to determine the location of the break in the area near Big ...
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Everglades restoration clash looming over questions of water quality
Sun-Sentinel
The good news is that there's a new plan in the works to restore water flows to the struggling Everglades. But the bad news is that the water might not be clean enough to meet water quality standards. Then there's also the matter of the $1 billion tab ...
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