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Daily Tech

Oriental Review

  • Boston Highlights the Illusion of Terror & Sec ...
    Sometime before 1775, American Founding Father, Benjamin Franklin wrote: They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Across much of the West, after September 11, 2001, we have indeed given up our essential liberty, and more ove ...
  • Why Washington Doesn’t Like Russia Expor ...
    The world is becoming more multipolar. But the United States is only one of its poles. It has a huge navy, and it is striving desperately to gain control over all of the world’s oceans and, therefore, the major cargo routes. The United States is also the world’s financial center. The US dollar f ...
  • Iran, Pakistan, Syria, Qatar: Pipelineistan at ...
    Construction is nearing completion on a natural gas pipeline linking Iran and Pakistan, a project that portends a huge geopolitical shift. As regional powers strengthen ties in this key energy market, they’re looking to China, and away from the West. Since the early 2000s, analysts and dip ...
  • “Responsibility to Protect” (R2P) ...
    American democracy appears to be in jeopardy. Irrespective of the political dispensation at the White House, the policy of promoting proxy wars and covert military operations across the globe continues to mutate. Any nation that decides to exercise its sovereign right to protect its citizens fro ...
  • Foreign Intervention in the Syrian Conflict
    The increased foreign intervention in Syria’s internal conflict suggests that the anti-Assad coalition is preparing for the end of the “battle for Syria.” In northern Jordan, a training camp with mockups of typical Syrian towns and an airport has been established alongside the military training ...

BlogHer

  • DIY Stenciled Felt
    [Editor's Note: Finding cute printed felt can be a bit of a challenge, take it from someone who knows. The craft felt market has not grown much beyond cameo and polka dots. Andie Clark the woman behind American Craft and Felt came up with a genius idea, stencil your felt. Chevron and hexagon fel ...
  • Social Media and Tragedy: What BlogHer Does an ...
    72 hours ago, I was working from home and saw my first tweet about the the Boston Marathon bombings. Only I didn't know it. The tweet was commenting on a Boston Globe reporter posting a picture of an explosion and saying "we are doomed." From my media-obsessed perspective, I actually thought it ...
  • New York's Tribeca Film Festival to Honor Memo ...
    [Editor's Note: Like many women/film buffs/culture lovers I was (and am) a huge fan of Nora Ephron and her entire body of work. It is only fitting that her friends and colleagues would honor the late auteur by creating an award to continue her legacy for another generation of female filmmakers. ...
  • BlogHer Food Interviews: Ooey, Gooey, Gorgeous ...
    This week's BlogHer Food '13 speaker interview made my tummy grumble. As much as I love all of the sprinkles and sugar on food blogs, I love a good, healthy recipe. Our speakers for the Ooey, Gooey, Gorgeous and Healthy Food Photography panel know a thing or two about healthy recipes -- and how ...
  • FBI Releases Photos of Suspects in Boston Bombings
    FBI Special Agent Richard DesLauriers, chief investigator into the bombings at the finish line of the Boston Marathon, appealed for the public's help today in finding two suspects, noting that identifying those responsible for the Boston bombings is now the FBI's "highest priority." "Suspect 1" ...

Health Freedom Alliance

  • Low Vitamin D Levels Linked to High Risk of Pr ...
    A prospective study led by researchers from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine has found that low serum vitamin D levels in the months preceding diagnosis may predict a high risk of ... Related posts:Reduced vitamin D levels associated with obesity  An ...
  • Kiwi Orange Coconut Flu Busting Smoothie
    There’s little that tastes better than a fresh fruit smoothie in the morning. They do wonders for the immune system and if you pack them with the right ingredients, they can supercharge your ability to not ... Related posts:Turmeric Among Natural Cures for Sinus Infection Acco ...
  • Regular Aspirin Use Linked to Increased Risk o ...
    Regular aspirin use appears to be associated with an increased risk of neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD), which is a leading cause of blindness in older people, and it appears to be independent of a ... Related posts:Reduced vitamin D levels associated with obe ...
  • Cleaning products ‘linked to adult asthm ...
    People who work with cleaning products risk developing asthma, believe UK experts who have explored the link. Their study of more than 7,000 people suggests exposure to bleach and other chemicals is a factor in one ... Related posts:Eating Meat and Dairy Products Linked to Earl ...
  • Farmers Join Hundreds to Protest Outside Monsa ...
    Protestors Near White House Also Call on President Obama to Halt Approval of Genetically Modified Crops and GMO Salmon Until Long Term Safety Tests Are Completed Nearly 300 family farmers, activists, and members of Food Democracy ... Related posts:Organic Farmers vs. Monsanto: ...

Live News Wire

  • Best Xbox Games on 360
    With all the hype in advertising for video games today, it is hard to know how the games features really hold up to the fancy phrases and images in the ads. That’s why you need the experience of an unbiased, expert who is a fellow consumer like you! I’ll give you the best of the [...]
  • Pick Six Lotto and Mega Millions Are New Jerse ...
    New Jersey Lottery offers many terminal-based games for the residents of the state to play (Terminal-based games are the ones you buy from the lottery machine where the numbers are drawn, as opposed to instant scratch games where you know immediately if you’re a winner). But with all the g ...
  • 2 Best Options to Download New Games For PSP
    It is beyond understandable for avid gamers to want to download new games for PSP. This is especially true when you are one of the many lucky gamers who own the latest Sony PlayStation Portable. A great thing about this video game console is the fact that you do not really have to purchase games ...
  • 5 Best Upcoming Games of 2013
    2013 looks set to become one of the biggest year in gaming history with some big name titles already announced for the first half of the year. Below is a list of some of the best upcoming games of 2013: 1. The Last of Us: Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us is the most anticipated [...]
  • How to Find the Best Hunting Games Online
    Line up the hairline and click the mouse button to shoot at the prey. A sound of despair escapes your lips as the hunted runs away to freedom as you miss the target. Well, there is no need to worry since more targets will be presented to you. By the time you have missed the [...]

Coal Tattoo

  • Power plant sales, efficiency and coal’s ...
    FirstEnergy’s Harrison Power Station near Haywood is among the state’s largest coal-fired power plants. Ohio-based FirstEnergy wants to sell the plant to a West Virginia subsidiary, and Mountain State customers would fund the purchase through increased electricity bills. (FirstEnergy ...
  • Patriot Coal: Potential progress and more protests
    Retired coal miner Ricky Clark, left, of Man, W.Va., protests with around 2,000 other retired and active coal miners and their The United Mine Workers of America is promising more protests in its continuing campaign regarding the Patriot Coal bankruptcy and the future contract and benefits for t ...
  • W.Va.’s Rep. David McKinley lectures ast ...
    We’ve written before on this blog about West Virginia Republican Rep. David McKinley. He’s not a big fan of environmental regulations, especially those that might improve the handling and disposal of toxic coal ash, and definitely doesn’t like federal regulators. During a House ...
  • Friday roundup, April 12, 2013
    Rescued miner Feng Zuxue is carried out of the mine shaft of a flooded coal mine in Weng’an County, southwest China’s Guizhou Province, Monday, April 8, 2013. Chinese state media Xinhua News Agency say three miners have been rescued after spending two and a half days trapped undergro ...
  • Democrats let GOP hijack EPA transparency issue
    It was certainly fascinating to watch yesterday as the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a confirmation hearing for Gina McCarthy, President Obama’s nominee to be U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator during his second term. We had a story in this morning&#821 ...

Daniel Miessler

  • A Summary of iOS and Android Usage Statistics
    So who is winning — iOS or Android?You had to ask, huh?On some level, it’s too crude a question to take very seriously. There are just too many ways to define “winning,” and neither platform leads in every area. But here’s the closest thing to an objective answer I can manage.“Android if you’re ...
  • Questions You Should Ask About Gun Control
    I saw a thread on Reddit recently about gun control laws and thought the gist was worth capturing here. If gun control legislation was actually effective, wouldn’t there be a ton of data we could point to as evidence of that fact? Not necessarily, but probably. There are many factors at pl ...
  • My Friend Writes Like This
    A bird hit my windshield on the freeway, on the way home from work this morning. I pulled over on the next exit, and picked it’s wrecked body out of my windshield wiper, and it opened its eye, and slowly closed it. I like to think that it opened its eyes one more time, and [...]Related Pos ...
  • If You’re Blogging on Facebook, Stop It
    I have a number of friends who actually post insightful ideas and comments on Facebook, and they do so semi-regularly. It’s an absolute waste of time and creative energy. If you’re actually writing anything you value, to any degree, and doing so consistently, you should be doing it o ...
  • Coding Bootcamps Are Thriving
    Instead, he quit his job and spent his savings to enroll at Dev Bootcamp, a new San Francisco school that teaches students how to write software in nine weeks. The $11,000 gamble paid off: A week after he finished the program last summer, he landed an engineering job that paid more than twice hi ...

Fitwatch

  • Why we need dissenting voices to ruin the stat ...
    Thatcher has been given a state ceremonial funeral. Our ruling class want to show the world how much she was loved and respected. They desperately don’t want any dissenting voices ruining the show. Fitwatch truly hopes that they do not get their wish. Thatcher was a prime architect of repressive ...
  • PLO block hits the streets at Sussex
    The following report is from PLO block, operational at Sussex university on Monday... A large banner and a small group of people (it can work well with just 3 people) is all you need for PLO blocking. PLO block turned out for the Sussex National Demo against Privatization. Although the group hav ...
  • Vauxhall Squat Raids
    These pictures were taken during the eviction of squats in Vauxhall tonight. The eviction was resisted, and it took a reported eight and a half hours to finally clear squatters from the building and the roof. From what we have been told, the buildings are being torn down for redevelopment. There ...
  • New Years Eve Prisoner Solidarity Demo
    Does exactly what it says on the tin. Lets be honest, this year has been a disheartening one. State and security forces have repositioned themselves with guns towards us (quite literally, in some cases) and scored significant victories against the dissenting population. Next year looks set to be ...
  • Plain clothes cop at Fridays demo
    Cops turning up to demos in plain clothes seems to be a regular occurence these days. These pics were taken at the Fight for Sites demo on Friday. Although he appears to have forgotten his uniform, the man pictured is Constable Mark Stoddart. A number of cops in plain clothes have been pictured ...

Worldwide Hippies

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reference frame

  • Dirac's 1975 lectures
    Spiros found this remarkable 1-hour talk by Paul Dirac in New Zealand in 1975: Recall that Dirac was born in 1902 and died 1984; so he was 73 in the video above. He is a serious man but there's a lot of room for his memories as well as some jokes. There are actually four ...
  • Explosion in the Kolache Capital of Texas
    I am not sure whether the U.S. media dare to discuss such things at all but the town of West where the fertilizer plant explosion – a horror destroying a whole street and detected as a magnitude 2.1 earthquake – took place is an intrinsically ethnic Czech town (Google Maps). In fact, ...
  • Dark matter may be a complicated sector
    Among the hints of dark matter, I believe that the three apparently decidedly non-background-like events seen by CDMS II represent the strongest hint of a dark matter particle we have seen so far. However, there are other hints, too. Even though the AMS-02 folks haven't told us everything t ...
  • Panspermia follows from Moore's law
    Just several years ago, when this blog already existed, I got converted to the idea of panspermia which says that the earliest forms of life were born somewhere in outer space before the Earth was formed – and they just found Earth to be a particularly hospitable destination where they could fur ...
  • Boston Marathon blasts
    The video below shows one of the blasts a few meters from the camera (that starts to swing); the other blast is heard elsewhere 13 seconds later. Think twice whether you want to watch it at all. It's a special negative feeling to see people murdered at a place that I know so well as t ...

Tatumba 2.0

  • UPDATED: BOSTON BOMBER DEAD; Second Suspect St ...
    Updated April 18 3:50AM ET Fox News reports that the suspect reported to be in police custody was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. An FBI photo released at 2:00AM this morning shows the two suspects standing side-by-side. The man in the black cap is believed to be the one ...
  • Gerald Celente – Tommy Schnurmacher Show
    from trendsjournal: SGTreport – The Corporate Propaganda Antidote – Silver, Gold, Truth, Liberty, & Freedom earn money watching videos Related posts: Gerald Celente – Fox 40 Binghamton, NY – April 12, 2013 from trendsjournal: SGTreport – The Corporate Propaganda Antido ...
  • Pento – Gold Reveals Global Markets On Thin Ice
    from KingWorldNews: Explanations for this gold selloff abound everywhere in the mainstream media and nearly all of them are inane and incorrect. The silliest among all the reasons offered for the current bear market in gold is that Bernanke has recently morphed into a form of Paul Volker; even t ...
  • Pento – Gold Reveals Global Markets On Thin Ice
    from KingWorldNews: Explanations for this gold selloff abound everywhere in the mainstream media and nearly all of them are inane and incorrect. The silliest among all the reasons offered for the current bear market in gold is that Bernanke has recently morphed into a form of Paul Volker; even t ...
  • Pento – Gold Reveals Global Markets On Thin Ice
    from KingWorldNews: Explanations for this gold selloff abound everywhere in the mainstream media and nearly all of them are inane and incorrect. The silliest among all the reasons offered for the current bear market in gold is that Bernanke has recently morphed into a form of Paul Volker; even t ...

Truth About Our World

Bloomberg

  • Can't Stop the Big Mo
    Healthy spending and productivity add up to some good stock buys, says S&P's Kenneth Shea. Plus: His formula for a diversified portfolio
  • Higher Gas Tax? Smart Move
    Raising it to 50 cents or $1 per gallon would push conservation and send a signal to America's enemies. It's the surest way to cut oil dependence
  • Grading Back-to-School Stocks
    Some outfits that gain from families' spending may make dicey buys. But equity pros reveal those investments with strong potential
  • No Lull in the Airlines' Headwinds
    The industry isn't doing as badly as it was, but that's not saying much, according to S&P's Philip Baggaley
  • Merck: More Agony from Its Painkiller
    The costly Vioxx verdict makes its plan to take on each claim individually more difficult. But a big settlement is no easy cure, either

Enviroblog

Quick Hits

  • More Teachers Being Replaced By Technology
    The neoliberal wetdream coming to fruition. From Fast Company: Districts all over are experimenting with teacher-less computer labs and green-lighting entire classrooms of adult-supervised children exploring the Internet--an Android powered tablet designed specifically for students. Teachers' u ...
  • Food costs at record levels, likely to go higher
    MANILA/MILAN (Reuters) - World food prices hit a record in January and recent catastrophic weather around the globe could put yet more pressure on the cost of food, an issue that has already helped spark protests across the Middle East. Up for the seventh month in a row, the closely watched Food ...
  • Shell makes $2,208,480 (£1.6m) an hour, [Clue ...
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/busi...   The Guardian in Britain says calmly:Shell stoked up the heated debate about the high cost of fuel on the forecourt today after reporting it made profits of nearly £1.6m an hour over the last three months.A leading member of the road lobby said moto ...
  • Gallup Helps Explain Egyptian/Tunisia Uprisings
    Wellbeing in Egypt and Tunisia decreased significantly over the past few years, even as GDP increased. In Egypt, where demonstrations have prompted President Hosni Mubarak to give up power after elections this fall, the percentage of people "thriving" fell by 18 percentage points since 2005. In ...
  • Wallace Shawn: Are You Smarter Than Thomas Jef ...
    The Grand Nagus speaks! At Tom Dispatch.com.

Capital - NYC

Views & News from Norway

  • Skiers shot polar bear on Svalbard
    Two skiers with dogs said they felt forced to shoot a polar bear on Svalbard Thursday evening when it ran towards them while they were out trekking over a wide-open stretch of snow and ice. They viewed it as an attack, and shot the bear at close range. The shooting occurred at Isbukta, on the [...]
  • Carlsen ‘surprised’ by his influence
    Norway’s Magnus Carlsen, who ranks as the best chess player in the world, said he was “surprised” but “quite proud” that he’d landed on an annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world, as chosen by Time Magazine. The US-based magazine claims to ...
  • Major power cut hit western Norway
    More than 100,000 residents of western Norway were without electricity for several hours on Thursday evening, because of an error in a transformer station at Ørskog. The power cut hit customers of power companies Tussa and Tafjord Kraft. They serve customers throughout the area known as Sunnmøre ...
  • Police crack drug smuggling network
    Norwegian police, acting on tips from colleagues in Denmark, have seized more than 500 kilos of hash and NOK 3 million in cash after cracking what’s believed to be a major drug smuggling network. They also made several arrests after tracking suspects to shopping center garages in Oslo. &#8 ...
  • Avalanche and rockslide danger rises
    Geologists were putting out new warnings of avalanches and rockslides in mountainous areas this week, as the spring thaw creates more hazards. Nine persons were caught in an avalanche in Hemsedal on Thursday, while a key highway outside Bergen was deemed highly dangerous. The steep mountains bor ...

Permaculture Research Institute - Australia

  • Just Label It! Tell Congress to Support the Ne ...
    In the U.S., we pride ourselves on having choices and making informed decisions. Under current FDA policy, we don’t have that choice when it comes to genetically engineered (GE) ingredients in the foods we purchase and feed our families. But thanks to your tireless support, Senator Barba ...
  • Healthy Planet and the Law of Ecocide – an Int ...
    The disappearing Amazon rainforest Photo: Cifor Marcin Gerwin: You propose introducing a new international law of ecocide as an amendment to the Rome Statute. Ecocide is defined as “an extensive damage to, destruction of or loss of ecosystem(s) of a given territory, whether by human ag ...
  • Carbon-Sequestering Perennial Industrial Crops
    This article is an excerpt from my forthcoming book Carbon Farming: A Global Toolkit for Stabilizing the Climate with Tree Crops and Regenerative Agriculture Practices, and is part of a series promoting my kickstarter campaign to raise funds with which to complete the book. Rubber (Hevea bras ...
  • Store Update
    We thought you might like to know about new items in our online store: The Power of Duck, by Takao Furuno The One-Straw Revolution, by Masanobu Fukuoka Sowing Seeds in the Desert: Natural Farming, Global Restoration, and Ultimate Food Security – by Masanobu Fukuoka Rocket Mass Heaters &# ...
  • Food from Perennial(ising) Plants in Temperate ...
    This is the late Summer post for the ongoing research project about perennial plants and self-perpetuating annual plants providing food in temperate climate Australia. The original article introducing this project, stating its aims, and providing participant instructions, can be found here. Grow ...

Pointman's

  • The difficult kind.
    My woman teaches the difficult young children. She does what’s called special needs and I think she was born to do it. She takes all the ones who’re a bit behind the pack and perhaps will always be, the ones who’re a bit lost, the silly hearts who’re still determined to s ...
  • A postcard from warmer climes.
    As I write this, I’m in the middle of a brief holiday in southern Spain, in Seville to be exact. It is warmth, sunshine, the unlikely smell of Orange trees in the air, Spain at its over easy best and a complete break from the snow and bitter cold us hardy souls in the northern … ...
  • A postcard from warmer climes.
    As I write this, I’m in the middle of a brief holiday in southern Spain, in Seville to be exact. It is warmth, sunshine, the unlikely smell of Orange trees in the air, Spain at its over easy best and a complete break from the snow and bitter cold us hardy souls in the northern … ...
  • Optimism, blogging and the big green killing m ...
    I’ve been writing this blog for a number of years now. Before that, I used other and much less effective means to resist the rising tide of climate alarmism and its lethal political baggage. Canute would have slapped his thigh and laughed in delight at my ineffectual but earnest efforts. T ...
  • Optimism, blogging and the big green killing m ...
    I’ve been writing this blog for a number of years now. Before that, I used other and much less effective means to resist the rising tide of climate alarmism and its lethal political baggage. Canute would have slapped his thigh and laughed in delight at my ineffectual but earnest efforts. T ...

Journalists' Toolkit

  • JavaScript Console in Chrome
    For testing things quickly in JavaScript, open the JavaScript Console in the Google Chrome browser. View menu > Developer > JavaScript Console. You’ll see the console at the bottom of the current page. The console gives you a command line so you can test short pieces of code to see ...
  • Typography for the Web
    In your CSS, you can specify typefaces (font families) to be used for the headings, paragraphs, etc., in your HTML. However, what you see on your computer is not always going to be the same thing your audience sees. Why? Because different people have different fonts installed on their individual ...
  • Good tutorial sites for HTML, HTML5, CSS, jQuery
    There are a zillion sites out there offering free tutorials, but many are pure junk. So here are a few that I recommend, in no particular order: Codecademy: Web Fundamentals Codecademy: HTML Fundamentals HTML5 Please (not actually a tutorial, but very helpful) Nettuts+: The Best Way to Learn Jav ...
  • Baby Steps in Data Journalism
    This is a Tumblr blog that I started in early April 2012: Baby Steps in Data Journalism Its purpose is to collect links and other useful information related to learning about data journalism. To go directly to something you might be searching for, try these links: How I installed Python (April 2 ...
  • The best video export options
    How do you choose the best settings for exporting your video, after you have edited it? I remember how confusing this was for me when I started working with Web video several years ago. With the slower computers we had back then, I would wait for what seemed like forever while exporting a small ...

Justice Roars - Louisiana

  • Activist Profile: Marie Aubrey of VOTE-NOLA
    This profile is republished from our friends at VOTE-NOLA: How did you get involve with VOTE? In June of 2012 I was listening to the WBOK morning show and Norris Henderson was on the radio talking about how to get prisoners released, and it was interesting to me. I remembere ...
  • 14-Year-Old New Orleans Youth Held in Israeli Jail
    According to an article in today's Haaretz newspaper, a 14-year-old youth with roots in New Orleans is currently being held by the Israeli military. The paper says the child was accused of "throwing rocks." The case highlights Israel's system of military detention for Palestinian minors, which h ...
  • World Social Forum Highlights Shock Doctrine i ...
    An earlier version of this article appeared at truthout.org: An estimated 50,000 people from 5,000 organizations in 127 countries spanning five continents participated in the World Social Forum in Tunisia over the past week. By choosing to come together in Tunis, this year’s Forum evoked the sp ...
  • New Orleans Police Department Blames Victims
    The New Orleans Police Department recently released a statement on "women and safety," that has outrage across the city and furthered the perception that this police department does not get it. They are more interested in blaming the victim than preventing assault. With absurd advice like "don't ...
  • Robert H. King responds to Louisiana Attorney ...
    From the Angola Three News website: Many thanks to all of you who have aided our cause and added your voices to our quest to free Albert from an obviously unjust imprisonment of more than 40 years. Please continue to make your voices heard and your dissent known, especially in light of the rece ...

Gyrovague's Raves

  • Verbs, nouns, grammar
    Vex, Hex, Smash, Smooch Constance Hale I wanted really to understand the relationship between nouns and verbs. Another question that I had: Why do linguists look so scathingly at grammarians? And why do grammarians look so scathingly at the history of English? Why is there a divide? And why is t ...
  • V. Bush
    Vannevar Bush This has not been a scientist’s war; it has been a war in which all have had a part. The scientists, burying their old professional competition in the demand of a common cause, have shared greatly and learned much. It has been exhilarating to work in effective partnership. No ...
  • The Killing of the Liberal Arts
    JOSEPH EPSTEIN In a loose definition, the “liberal arts” denote college study anchored in preponderantly Western literature, philosophy, and history, with science, mathematics, and foreign languages playing a substantial, though less central, role; in more recent times, the social science subjec ...
  • Tyrants and Art
    Culture thrives on conflict and antagonism, not social harmony – a point made rather memorably by a certain Harry Lime, says philosopher John Gray. "In Italy, for 30 years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vin ...
  • Barthes in China
    Adrian Versteegh “It will be necessary to start off with the major fact,” writes Roland Barthes in Travels in China, “the absolute uniformity of clothes.” That this should count as a “major fact”—partway through a journal that opens with a gripe about freshly stained trousers—ought to provide so ...

In Verbena | Royal Society

NAU Resistance

  • End of Nations: Canada, the US and the “Securi ...
    Regardless of whether this particular agreement bears fruit for those seeking to bring the two countries into a closer union, or whether it is just another waypoint on the road of a much longer and more detailed process, the very real concerns about the erosion of national sovereignty implicit i ...
  • Goodbye Kyoto, Make Way For The North American ...
    "On Tuesday December 13th the Minister of the Environment Peter Kent announced that Canada is removing itself from the Kyoto Protocol. Kent is pushing for a more unified agreement that would unite all nation's on a global scale."
  • The Pretext For A North American Homeland Secu ...
    "Any deal which gives the Department of Homeland Security more personal information poses a serious risk to privacy rights"
  • Welcome To Fortress North America! NAU-Phase One
    We knew that there was nothing “new” at all to be found in this "new border vision"
  • Paving The Way For A North American Union
    By: Press For Truth (http://www.pressfortruth.ca) Release Date: 11/9/11 The agenda for a North American Union is underway and a new security perimeter deal will blur the lines at the border and further erode the sovereignty of Canadians and Americans. On November 13th Stephen Harper, Barack Ob ...

Gaea Times

  • Now, hairbrush that reads your mind
    WASHINGTON - Who says hairbrush can only be used to comb locks? Scientists have made a hairbrush like device that would be able to monitor mental activity. One of the main techniques for measuring and monitoring mental activity, called functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), can often b ...
  • Man U?s bemused Fergie tells shifty Roo to res ...
    LONDON - Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has told key striker Wayne Rooney that he must respect the club and its traditions if he wants to stay on. Commenting on reports that suggest that the star player wants to leave Manchester United for another club - either Manchester City or ...
  • Google Street Viewers spot ?God? floating over ...
    SYDNEY - Google Street View has spotted a god-like figure floating midair above a lake in Quarten, Switzerland. Although the image, discovered by the Gawker blog, is apparently the result of some sort of light distortion or lens flare, blogger Max Read has questioned whether it might have more ...
  • Dogs reduce stress in autistic children: Study
    WASHINGTON - Dogs-apart from being man’s best friend-have a special role to play in the lives of children with special needs. A new study by the Universite de Montreal has suggested that specifically trained service dogs can help reduce the anxiety and enhance the socialization skills of ...
  • How sex hormones influence right heart function
    WASHINGTON - A new study has revealed human sex hormones influence the structure and function of the right ventricle (RV) of the heart. The researchers found that in women receiving hormone therapy, higher estrogen levels were associated with higher RV ejection fraction and lower RV end-systol ...

TruthNews Australia

  • Anatomy of a terrorist attack: the Boston Mara ...
    Remains of the pressure cooker bomb believed to been packed with ball bearings Today's show focusses on the recent terrorist bombing at the Boston Marathon. Our aim is to understand the underlying "message" behind this attack, and to deconstruct the MSM propaganda which seeks to portray this a ...
  • Introducing Nicole Bijlsma: building biologist ...
    Today it is my pleasure to welcome to the show Nicole Bijlsma, a best selling author with extensive knowledge on many health issues related to the toxic effects of ordinary things found in your home. Nicole joins us in the 2nd hour of today's show. Nicole's website provides information on th ...
  • Full body scanners now in full operation at Sy ...
    In today's show we re-visit the thorny issue of full body scanners and what they signal for your rights, your privacy, your health and human freedom generally. Full body scanners (millimitre wave) are now in operation at all international airports in Australia. The devices deployed in Australi ...
  • An unprecedented assault on media freedom
    In today's show we are joined by Josh Jackson to discuss highly controversial media reforms proposed by the Minister for Communications, Stephen Conroy. We also take a look at the implications of the Cyprian crisis for internatinal banking, and the alternate non-centralised currency bitcoin. ...
  • Live show with current news and some callers - ...
    In today's show we take calls from TNRA listeners, as well as covering news and current topics of interest, including reflections on the death of Hugo Chavez. Related links What happens when you refuse a search in Parramatta

Beacon

  • A Deaf Whale is a Dead Whale: Keep the Atlanti ...
    The government estimates seismic testing in the Atlantic will injure 22,809 common dolphins. ©Oceana Imagine living next to a construction zone, where every ten seconds, every day, for days to weeks on end, you are subjected to loud, disruptive explosions while you’re trying to eat, sleep and ...
  • Victory! Offshore Oil Drilling Stopped in Belize
    Belize's Great Blue Hole. Contracts to drill on reef like this declared null and void. Photo: USGS Yesterday, Belize’s Supreme Court declared offshore drilling contracts issued by the Government of Belize (in 2004 and 2007) null and void, providing a dramatic and potentially definitive s ...
  • CEO Note: Maryland Takes the Lead
    Oceana CEO Andy Sharpless If you’re a Marylander like me, this is a time to be proud. The Old Line State has stepped forward, making ocean conservation a priority and providing an example that other states would be wise to follow. First, Maryland became a leader in developing offshore wind e ...
  • The Taiji Dolphin Slaughter: A Scientific Issue
    © OCEANA The dolphin drive hunt in Taiji, Japan has been at the center of animal activism for many years and now it has finally come to the center of science. The dolphin drive in Taiji involves the corralling of dolphins into a cove for slaughter or to be removed and then sold to representa ...
  • NOAA declares “Unusual Mortality Event” for Ca ...
    Sea Lions in rehab. Photo: Pacific Marine Mammal Center Beginning in January 2013, unusually high numbers of stranded California sea lion pups have been observed on the Southern California coast. Marine mammals naturally come ashore along our beaches if they are sick, wounded, or injured. Thi ...

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Taylor Marsh

  • Suspect 1, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Profile Emerges ...
    Authorities identified one suspect as 26-year-old Tamerlan Tsarnayev, who was killed in a confrontation with police in Watertown, Mass., according to a U.S. law-enforcement official. [Wall Street Journal] THE PROFILE that’s emerging of Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Suspect 1 (who is dead), is chillin ...
  • BOSTON LOCKDOWN: Suspect 1 Dead, Suspect 2 Bel ...
    The Associated Press reported this morning that the suspects came from the Russian region near Chechnya, which has been plagued by an Islamic insurgency. A law enforcement intelligence bulletin obtained by the AP identified the surviving bomb suspect as Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, a 19-year-old who ha ...
  • Explosions, Shooting, Chaotic Scene in Boston ...
    Update: The scene I describe below happened in the wee hours of Friday. No one reporting the events knew at the time that the individuals involved were Suspect 1 and Suspect 2, now known as brothers. What evolved from there was Boston being put in lockdown, Suspect 1 dead, Suspect 2 believed cor ...
  • Reuters Apologized, Still Waiting on Other Med ...
    GEORGE SOROS is alive and well. Unfortunately, Reuters posted his obituary, the latest media screw up this week. But at least Reuters also posted an apology, complete with a classic headline: Soros obituary published in error; financier is alive. Reuters erroneously published an advance obituary ...
  • FBI Releases Photos of 2 Boston Bombing Suspec ...
    In an interview late Thursday, Mr. Green, who runs a sportswear company in Florida, confirmed that the picture was genuine, and that the F.B.I. had contacted him and requested a copy. “I have spoken to several agents,” Mr. Green said, “and they have got the photos, they are picking up material f ...

Hudson New York

  • Muslim Persecution of Christians: February, 2013
    Reports of Christian persecution by Muslims around the world during the month of February include (but are not limited to) the following accounts. They are listed by form of persecution, and in country alphabetical order, not necessarily according to
  • Salam Fayyad and the "Major Blow" to Peace
    How can Salam Fayyad's resignation as Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority be considered a setback for the peace process when he had never been involved in the negotiations with Israel in the first place? Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud
  • Germany Cracks Down on Critics of Mega-Mosque
    The Bavarian branch of Germany's domestic intelligence agency, the Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz (BfV), has placed under state surveillance German activists accused of fomenting hate against Muslims due to their opposition to the construction of a
  • The Islamic Paradise
    Paradise Lost To denigrate the achievement-rich West and glorify, as a role model, Islam, Islamic extremists compare the way of life in Europe and the United States to the pre-Islamic period of jahiliyya, the time of ignorance and violence swept away by
  • As Israelis Mourn, Jordanians Glorify
    Israelis are now transitioning from their annual day of remembrance to the day they celebrate their independence. But even in celebrating 65 years of statehood, Israel never forgets the sacrifices it has made over the course of its existence. As Israelis

Urban Survival

  • Obama-Banker Huddle on Window-Dressing Thursday
    There’s a first-class list of big-shot bankers due shortly at the White House to meet with president Obama.  Presumably they will be discussing what to do with the economy in light of lukewarm recovery data.  This is what’s called the … Continue reading →
  • Coping: Psy Cofactors/Life Past Mudras
    Something has been swirling around the edges of georgebrain which finally passed the gates of consciousness this morning more as I awoke – as I often do – at precisely 4:59 AM.  That’s meaningful because the alarm doesn’t go off … Continue reading →
  • Turn-Around Tuesday and Another Hitt
    There was blood at every turn Monday as not only did the price of gold collapse, but also as the Dow blew off 265 points and bombs went off in Boston.  In that grisly attack, 140 were wounded and three … Continue reading →
  • Coping:Wayne’s Wujo
    Short and to the point: “Two  weeks ago now, my wife and I had a light supper of Welsh rarebit on toast, which required a bit of seasoning.  We sprinkled on a bit of kosher salt, and I found mine … Continue reading →
  • VBMFG (A Very Bad Monday For Gold)
    We need to have a little ‘come to Jesus’ about America’s economic prospect this morning.  Are you coherent enough yet to figure out today’s headline means gold has already gone into free-fall today.  The price of gold is once again … Continue reading →

Trends & Forecasts

Radical Chic

  • WOULD MEN HAVE LESS SEX IF THEY WERE CAPABLE O ...
    Men are without a doubt the most promiscuous of the two sexes. Women can go significant periods of time without needing to experience sexual relief; and episodes such as periods, giving birth and menopause play a role in limiting or changing their desire to do so in any case. Men really don&#821 ...
  • MURDER BY MEDIA 13: Addiction To Recognition
    It’s always good advice to be told to question every desire, because its easy to forget that deceiving ones self is the easiest form of deception. The media has helped to create a world where recognition has become a not so subtle addiction that we feed on and hunger for everytime we are s ...
  • IS A MARRIAGE FOR LOVE TOO UNREALISTIC?
    Love has come to be the proud and somewhat reluctant owner of many definitions; one of which likens it to a ‘fairytale’. In today’s world the reality is that there are quite a number of other things to think about before love is even considered. After all, love doesn’t pu ...
  • A WHOLE TOWN SHIFTS EXAMS CAUSE OF A JUSTIN BI ...
      It is difficult enough these days to convince teenagers of the relevance of education. With the amount of uneducated people who end up as stars or reality show celebrities it is no surprise that dropping out and hoping for the best has become an attractive option. It becomes even more int ...
  • WAKING UP IN THE WRONG PLACE, AT THE WRONG TIME
    My vision was blurry. There were people standing above me but I couldn’t clearly make out who they were. I could hear faint voices but they were too far away to bring any recognition. Where am I? I made a failed attempt to lift myself up, but my body wasn’t responding the way it was ...

NRDC Switchboard

  • Victory for Free Speech in Sanford, NY
    Kate Sinding, Senior Attorney, New York City The residents of Sanford, NY claimed a victory when their Town Board passed a resolution rescinding a seven-month-old gag order on citizens’ ability to talk about fracking.  As a result, the pe ...
  • President Obama's Budget Request for Internati ...
    Jake Schmidt, International Climate Policy Director, Washington, DC Under the Obama Administration, the United States has invested internationally in addressing climate change. These investments have helped developing countries speed up the deployme ...
  • Pebble Mine: Check out our ad in the London Fi ...
    Taryn Kiekow, Staff Attorney, Marine Mammal Protection Project, Santa Monica, California NRDC Western Director Joel Reynolds joined a coalition of Alaska Native leaders in London this week to meet with the new CEO of Rio Tinto, speak at the Rio Tint ...
  • Chicago River Re-Reversal: A Nasty Reminder of ...
    Josh Mogerman, Deputy Director, National Media, Chicago As I laid out buckets to catch the water dripping down from the ceiling in my new home last night and wet-vacced water out of my soggy basement where it had come through a drain, I though ...
  • Superbugs on your meat: why FDA can't even fei ...
    Sasha Lyutse, Policy Analyst, New York If a federal agency willfully buries its head in the sand, what will it take to pull it out? As I discussed here, sampling of ground turkey, pork chops and ground beef in U.S. supermarkets, conducted jointly b ...

Injustice Everywhere

  • National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Reca ...
    Here are the 8 reports of police misconduct tracked for Thursday, March 7, 2013: Mcallen, Texas: A federal grand jury indicted three more law enforcement officers on drug conspiracy charges. The indictment charges them with conspiring to possess with intent … Continue reading →Nation ...
  • CBS News: Bad Cops on the Job
    More here.CBS News: Bad Cops on the Job is a post from PoliceMisconduct.net
  • ACLU Looks into Militarization Trend in Police ...
    From Huffington Post: The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has launched a nationwide campaign to assess police militarization in the United States. Starting Wednesday, ACLU affiliates in 23 states are sending open records requests to hundreds of state and local … Continue reading &#85 ...
  • National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Reca ...
    Here are the 13 reports of police misconduct tracked for Tuesday, March 5, 2013: Update: Denver, Colorado: A police officer has been sentenced to eight years in prison for sexual assault and kidnapping. He was in uniform when he came … Continue reading →National Police Misconduct New ...
  • Worst of the Month – February 2013
    This month it is the story from California where totally innocent people were shot by police during the manhunt for Christopher Dorner.   There is no greater responsibility for a police officer than his/her use of deadly force.  If they get … Continue reading →Worst of ...

Total Collapse

  • North Korea issues ‘ultimatum’ to the South, w ...
    North Korea’s military supreme command has issued an ultimatum to South Korea demanding apologies for “all the major and minor hostile actions.” It has also threatened an immediate military response to any “insulting” action the South undertakes. “The supreme command of the Korean People’s ...
  • Two Explosions at Boston Marathon
    Two explosions have been reported in Boston, Massachusetts where thousands of runners are participating in the annual Boston Marathon. Preliminary reports suggest two explosions occurred near the finish line of the 26.2-mile event shortly before 3 pm local time, and the Boston Globe is reporting ...
  • Phillipines tells citizens to prepare for nucl ...
    Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago, an expert in international law, warned the country of a “nuclear winter” should the ongoing tensions in the Korean peninsula escalate further. Santiago said the so-called “nuclear winter” creates “dust clouds absorbing the sunlight, dropping temperatures, and da ...
  • N. Korea finishes preparations for missile lau ...
    North Korea has completed preparations for a mid-range missile launch from its east coast, Seoul officials said Tuesday, as the country readies for what many suspect is another provocative act amid heightened tension on the Korean Peninsula. South Korean forces have been on high alert for an imm ...
  • US Air Force grounds 1/3 active-duty combat ai ...
    The Air Force is grounding about a third of its active-duty combat aircraft because of automatic spending cuts. The stand-down will affect units stationed in the U.S., Europe and the Pacific. Those units include fighter, bomber, aggressor and airborne warning and control squadrons. Air Combat Co ...

Daily Dose

  • TNW’s Daily Dose: Facebook design tests, ...
    In today’s Daily Dose, Facebook design tests in New Zealand, porn blocking in China and Google Books for India. You can catch The Daily Dose every Monday through Friday right... Keep reading →
  • TNW’s Daily Dose: Google Calendar, Insta ...
    In today’s Daily Dose, a new Google search test, Instacart keeps up the yuppie pressure, and North Korea gets tinted. You can catch The Daily Dose every Monday through Friday... Keep reading →
  • TNW’s Daily Dose: Google+ Sign-In, Angry ...
    In today’s Daily Dose: Google+ Sign-In, The Flixies, music making money and Rovio’s Angry Birds Toons. You can catch The Daily Dose every Monday through Friday right here on The... Keep reading →
  • TNW’s Daily Dose: Mobile World Congress ...
    Mobile World Congress is in full swing in Barcelona. Listen to today’s Daily Dose for a roundup of news from the first 24 hours of the event. Check our full... Keep reading →
  • TNW’s Daily Dose: Google Glass details, ...
    In today’s Daily Dose: Google Glass pricing and availability, North Korea’s 3G plans and tech words in the dictionary and more. You can catch The Daily Dose every Monday through... Keep reading →

Beyond Zero Emissions

  • High-speed rail cost and timeline “laughable”
    April 11, 2013 Researchers who have performed their own analysis of the high-speed rail link from Melbourne to Brisbane have today questioned the governments announced 45-year timeline and $114 billion costing. “When John F. Kennedy saw a challenge worth taking he decided to get on with it as ...
  • Solar panels reduce everyone's power bills
      May 10, 2013 Australia's one million (and counting) solar powered households could be keeping everyone else's power bills down, by suppressing wholesale electricity prices. That conclusion is drawn from a peer-reviewed paper recently published in the Journal of Energy Policy. The paper ...
  • True size of solar subsidies exaggerated, rese ...
    By Peter Hannam The true cost to consumers of subsidies to solar energy has been “somewhat exaggerated” because regulators have excluded the full benefits of solar photovoltaic panels, according to energy researchers. While feed-in tariffs and upfront rebates have been criticised by officials a ...
  • Gas – is it a natural fit for buildings?
    By Richard Keech According to the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency website, old electric-element-style hot water systems (that about half of households still have) “produce up to three times the greenhouse gas emissions of low emission technologies such as gas, solar and hea ...
  • Clean electricity makes fossil gas redundant
    Climate solutions think-tank Beyond Zero Emissions have today published a briefing paper on the use of gas as a fuel in buildings. The evidence shows that fossil gas' reputation as a clean, safe and cheap fuel needs to be re-considered. Beyond Zero Emissions have criticised the fossil gas ind ...

Monga Bay ( News )

  • Indonesian palm oil industry would support lan ...
    Indonesian palm oil companies would support land swaps as a means to reduce carbon emissions from deforestation while simultaneously expanding production, representatives from the country's largest association of palm oil producers told mongabay.com in an interview last month.
  • To win concessions in Aceh, mining company hir ...
    A Toronto Stock Exchange-listed mining company has hired an official being investigated for corruption under its effort to convince the Aceh provincial government to re-zone protected forest areas for a gold mine on Indonesia's Sumatra island, according to an alliance of Indonesian environmental ...
  • Bison return to Germany after 300 year absence
    Earlier this month, officials took down a fence allowing the first herd of European bison (Bison bonasus) to enter the forests freely in Germany in over 300 years, reports Wildlife Extra. The small herd, consisting of just eight animals (one male, five females and two calves) will now be allowed ...
  • Unidentified toxin caused the deaths of Borneo ...
    After three months, officials still don't know for certain what killed at least 14 Bornean elephants (Elephas maximus borneensis) in the Malaysian state of Sabah. However tests do indicate that the herd perished from a "caustic intoxicant," possibly ingested accidentally or just as easily intent ...
  • Up for grabs: how foreign investments are redi ...
    In 2007, the increased human population, increased prices in fuel and transportation costs, and an increased demand for a diversity of food products prompted a Global Food Crisis. Agricultural producers and government leaders world-wide struggled to procure stable food sources for their countrie ...

Sierra Express

  • New AfDB report sets conditions for successful ...
    TUNIS, Tunisia, April 18, 2013/ – A new report by the African Development Bank (http://www.afdb.org) explores how structured finance techniques can mobilize African domestic capital to support economic infrastructure projects and economic growth. Seven out of the 10 fastest-growing countri ...
  • Manzu to Launch ‘Ability In Disability’ in Sie ...
    Mohamed Jimmy Rogers, aka Manzu, will launch his solo album, ‘Ability in Disability’, later this year.  Manzu who was a member of the group C-Bolt, confirmed that works are ongoing for his ‘Ability In Disability,’ album. Speaking to SaloneJamboree in an exclusive interview, Manzu confirmed that ...
  • Sierra Leone Minister calls for ‘New Deal’ to ...
    LONDON, 18 April 2013 – Sierra Leone’s Minister of Finance, Kaifala Marah, has called for the implementation of the New Deal for Engagement in Fragile States in the post-2015 development agenda to help Africa fulfil its potential. ‘It’s time to stand up to our continent’s least endearing trait: ...
  • International Sports Journalists Association R ...
    Having been in the international sporting wilderness for close to three decades since its formation in the early 1930s, the Sports Writers Association of Sierra Leone (SWASAL) has finally gained international recognition from the International Sports Press Association (AIPS) after the latter’s f ...
  • Fourah Bay College “The Athens of West Africa” ...
    Washington DC, USA – On Friday April 19, 2013  from 6:30 p.m.,  to 9 p.m., all  paths lead to the American University in Washington, DC,  where Fourah Bay College distinguished alumni and members of the public will be meeting to witness the preview of the documentary film “Athens Of West A ...

Dairy Industry - NZ Herald

  • Peak tipped for soaring dairy prices
    International dairy product prices may be close to their peak after an explosive run over the last 12 months, say economists.Prices rose 0.6 per cent on a trade-weighted basis at yesterday's GlobalDairyTrade auction, and are 86...
  • Dairy prices could offset drought
    The net cost to the economy of the drought could be close to zero thanks to the sharp gains in world dairy prices, say Westpac economists.Westpac said the drought that has gripped the North Island and parts of the South Island was...
  • World dairy price surge pauses (+graphic)
    Prices of dairy products recorded their smallest gain this year, edging up to a new record while suggesting the New Zealand drought-fuelled surge is abating.The GDT-TWI Price Index rose 0.6 per cent compared to the last sale...
  • Fonterra leaves out Northland organic farmers
    Fonterra Cooperative Group, the world's biggest dairy exporter, is shaking up its organics business to refocus supply in the central and lower North Island, leaving Northland organic farmers out in the cold. The cooperative will...
  • Eric Watson: Trade future could be Made By NZ
    There is a widely held view that growth in exports is the path to economic prosperity.While exports are certainly important, exceptional growth is not going to come from sticking to the old recipe of making things in New Zealand...

Hit & Run | Reason

  • Fracking Helps Save the Planet
    At least that's what people who are worried about the possibility of catastrophic man-made global warming should realize. From the Wall Street Journal: U.S. carbon-dioxide emissions have fallen dramatically in recent years, in large part because the country is making more electri ...
  • Steven Greenhut: Stop Granting Special Privile ...
    Police officers in the United States enjoy many perks, including so-called professional courtesy, which amounts to other police officers allowing them to speed, drive drunk, and violate every manner of traffic law provided they are members of the law-enforcement caste. Steven Greenhu ...
  • "I Can't Take the Loss of Liberty" or, How to ...
    "'I Can't Take the Loss of Liberty' or, How to Radicalize a Suburban Mom" is the latest video from Reason TV.  Watch above or click on the link below for video, full text, supporting links, downloadable versions, and more Reason TV clips. View this article. ...
  • The (Alleged) Terrorist Next Door
    BuzzFeed and Mother Jones have gathered shocked comments from former classmates of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the Boston Marathon bombing suspect who is still out there while Boston is in a state of lockdown. The “He seemed like such a nice guy” angle is obviously not new, but the comm ...
  • Montana Formally Decriminalizes Gay Sex
    Montana Governor Steve Bullock has signed a bill removing a law from the books that classified gay sex as a felony. Gov. Bullock chose not to speak long before signing the bill saying, “...the longer I talk, the longer this unconstitutional and embarrassing law continues to stay on ...

Mercury Rising

  • Friday Cat Blogging
  • Not sure what credence to give this
    Al-Arabiya: Essam Elerian, vice chairman of the Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), wrote in a statement posted in Arabic on his Facebook account that the “events [i.e., Boston bombing] began with the sending of French battalions to Mali in a war against organizations that are said to ...
  • Ornstein’s swan song: GOP sucks
    20 years too late, Norm Ornsteinsees the light, The Hill There are no more moderate or liberal Republicans — the Sherwood Boehlerts, John Porters, Amo Houghtons and Michael N. Castles are long gone. What now passes for a moderate would have been considered a bedrock conservative in the early 199 ...
  • Four dead in Venezuela
    As today’s DemocracyNow interview reminds us, the murderous violence inflicted on innocents in Boston is an everyday occurrence in places like Mogadishu. In Venezuela, four have died in street violence over the election. These murders were committed by the right, according to Telesur. Othe ...
  • Venezuela’s Maduro re-elected with 1.5% ...
    So says Telesur. He very nearly lost himself the election–he was tipped to win by double digits. Let’s hope Maduro is better at governing than at running for office.

Reality Sandwich

  • The Cycle of Terror
    In the wake of terror attacks, politicians are fond of proclaiming, "We will not be intimidated." By this they seem to mean that we won't cower in fear, but will boldly root out the terrorists, visit upon them the hand of justice, and hold them to account. "Make no mistake ...
  • The Bloom Series
      The Bloom, a ground-breaking new documentary webseries, illuminates the blossoming phenomenon of Transformational Festivals, immersive participatory realities that are having profound life-changing effects on hundreds of thousands of lives. The first episode, "Fundamental Frequ ...
  • Sacred Geometry is Everywhere
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  • TED Flirts with Scientism
    Recent developments within the TEDx conference (Technology, Entertainment, and Design) community of organizers are indicative of a rising tide of intolerance in the world of science. Historically, TED has provided an influential forum for cutting edge ideas that may not otherwise have had a ...
  • Save the Sumatran Rainforest
    [Action Alert] • The Sumatran rainforest is the last place on Earth where endangered orang utans, tigers, elephants and rhinos still roam free together. There is a government plan that would allow devastating logging of our forest for mining and palm oil plantations. read more

Desertification

  • OP-ED: Letting Nature Take Its Course?
    Is sustainability still possible? Yes. Is it still probable? No. With bold action today, tomorrow, and in years to come, we could succeed in creating a sustainable and prosperous society. But what does bold action actually mean? First and foremost, we have to start living within Earth’s boundari ...
  • U.N. Chief Singles Out Monaco for Raising Clim ...
    When Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited Kiribati in 2011, he had “an unexpected insight” into the fear that stalks the Pacific Island nation. Along with toiletries, the hotel room “had an additional item that is not your typical amenity: a life jacket,” he said. The ro ...
  • Canada Pulls Out of U.N. Body to Fight Deserti ...
    Canada is pulling out of the United Nations convention that fights droughts in Africa next year, making it the only country in the world not participating in the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). Canada’s Stephen Harper government made the decision behind closed ...
  • Water Crisis Hitting Food, Energy – And Everyt ...
    How much water does it take to turn on a light? It took 10,000 litres to make your jeans. Another three big bathtubs of water was needed for your two-eggs-toast-coffee breakfast this morning. We are surrounded by an unseen world of water: furniture, houses, cars, roads, buildings – practic ...
  • Water and Sanitation Seek Rightful Place in Po ...
    When the General Assembly unanimously adopted the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) back in 2000, water and sanitation were reduced to a subtext – never a stand-alone goal compared with poverty and hunger alleviation. Now, as the United Nations begins the process of formulating a new set ...

Blogging Canadians

  • "Reality"
    Some People find it distasteful to be talking about US bombings in other countries at a time like this. I say welcome to reality. by "Anonymous" As originally posted on: trutherbot (trutherbot) on Twitter April 15, 2013
  • Canadian feminist activist receives death thre ...
    Reblogged from man boobz: And so the MRAs have found yet another woman to hate. Earlier this month, as many of you no doubt know, a Men’s Rights group sponsored a lecture at the University of Toronto. The event drew protesters, and the protesters drew MRAs with video cameras. One of the MRAs fil ...
  • The Crazy Day After
    Today is going to be kind of a busy day for Liberals across the country, as there are several relatively big events going on at the same time. I'll be covering at least a couple of them in at least some capacity. First off, of course, is figuring out what we do now. With Justin elected as our n ...
  • Justin's not so positive acceptance speech
    The full text of Justin Trudeau's speech can be found here. I wanted to highlight the section talking about the Conservatives and Stephen Harper. It is the first major section after thank you's, and while there are many positive things that come after this lengthy section, the gloves sure came ...
  • "Enemies" and "Civil Society"
    Attack on Seattle "Green" Development by "Some Anarchists" As originally posted on: Puget Sound Anarchists March 3, 2013 Just before midnight, Monday Feb 25, we strolled over to the townhouses under construction on 24th and Norman in the Central District. After slipping inside, we set one a ...

Press TV - Middle East

CUNY SPS Community Blog

  • Tanya Fields Introduces The Veggie Mobile Market
    Tonight, the CUNY SPS 2013 Commencement keynote speaker, Tanya Fields will discuss The BLK Projek’s latest plans for a new mobile food market, and you have an opportunity to join her. The BLK Projek was founded in 2009 to empower women and youth with the resources to rise out of poverty through ...
  • All-Star Celebrity Apprentice and the Day Trac ...
    Ever have one of those days? You know the kind. Roll out of bed after hitting the snooze 11 times. Run out of coffee. Run out and buy coffee. Make coffee and think ah that was the worst of it only to realize no cream! And then something incredible happens and no not the kind [...]
  • Nominations Now Open for SPS Governing Council ...
    We are now accepting nominations for students to join the School of Professional Studies Governing Council.  The Governing Council considers proposals for new courses, degrees, certificates and programs that will be offered by the School.  Two students and two alternates are needed to serve on t ...
  • CUNY Disability Awareness Month
    April is officially Disability Awareness Month throughout CUNY and to celebrate our commitment to enabling students, faculty, and staff with disabilities to excel in their studies, research, and work there are a series of events throughout the university. Whether you are interested in learning m ...
  • Featured Student: Denise Lewis
    Denise Lewis is a current student at The CUNY School of Professional Studies, enrolled since Spring 2010 in the Online Bachelor’s Degree in Business. As a single parent she raised three children, often working two jobs to support her family, while maintaining an excellent GPA. Each of her childr ...

Dissident Voice

  • 400,000 Hiroshima Atomic Bombs Per Day
    The energy of four hundred thousand (400,000) Hiroshima atomic bombs is how much energy imbalance Earth is absorbing because of global warming… per day! This imbalance was explained by Dr. James Hansen, one of the world’s foremost, and most celebrated, climate scientists, wearing blue jeans, a w ...
  • Thank God I’m an Atheist
    Why do we have congressional chaplains and why do they make $170,000? Actually, the Senate Chaplain makes a bit less than that (in 2011, he made $155,000). That’s probably because the Senate has only 100 potential customers, whereas the House has 435 of them. In any event, considering the lack o ...
  • Zionism and the United States Congress
    The ideology, or political project, of Zionism which underlies the creation of the State of Israel had, in fact, a Christian origin rather than a Jewish one, as writings can be found dating from the 1500’s, written by Christian clergymen in England advocating the migration of Jews to the Holy La ...
  • Operation Ghetto Storm
    The Malcolm X Grassroots Movement (MXGM) has just released a follow-up to its controversial report “Every Thirty-six Hours,” published last year, which was a gruesome compilation of killings of Black people in the U.S. MXGM characterized these killings, which took place in streets, h ...
  • Road Puppet Night Core
    Forty years blind, dreaming core, where Life is. Dreaming core, where Life is. Now but now but now (But now… but now… but now… ) what puppets crouch behind the wheel of this old rig, splintery buttocks propped on books?  Whose twig fingers jumped our demo-critical republic while we dreamed of ho ...

Nick Turse

  • "Pakistan cannot afford to be entering into an ...
    ““Pakistan cannot afford to be entering into an arms race with India. We can never match them,...
  • pulitzercenter:Maria Klimova (pictured here) ...
    pulitzercenter: Maria Klimova (pictured here) decided to emigrate: “First China, then Italy,” she says. “I would never fit the Russian system anyway.” Image by Pulitzer Center grantee Anna Nemtsova. Russia, 2012. Click here to view a slideshow of far eastern Russia’s young people, who are look ...
  • “Nick’s book makes for timely if extraordinari ...
    “Nick’s book makes for timely if extraordinarily painful reading, and I sat down with him recently to talk about the ongoing relevance of Vietnam, massacres, and secretly photocopying whole US government archives.”  So writes Dan Denvir in prelude to an interview with me for VICE magazine about ...
  • meagainsttheodds:One of my favorite places ...
    meagainsttheodds: One of my favorite places in the city (Taken with Instagram at Strand Book Store) Mine too!
  • killanythingthatmoves:Two Vietnamese women s ...
    killanythingthatmoves: Two Vietnamese women struggle to salvage items from their home in Quang Tin Province after it was set on fire by members of the U.S. Army’s 1st Squadron,1st Cavalry, and allied South Vietnamese militia. © 1970 Richard Brummett

    IPS - Inter Press Services

  • New Dispute Dogs Philippines and Malaysia
    With little sign of a meaningful diplomatic breakthrough on the South China Sea horizons, coupled with a dangerous escalation between Vietnam and China in the disputed waters, the Philippines has faced an added crisis over the Malaysian state of Sabah. The crisis was prompted when (Feb. 14) betw ...
  • Religious Youth Could Swing Pakistani Poll
    From the local butcher, to the pavement fruit vendor, to the cobbler sitting beside his tools on Elphinstone Road, a busy street in the heart of Karachi, one question is on everyone’s lips: Who will win the upcoming elections on May 11? In Pakistan, a country that is reeling from the Taliban’s m ...
  • Major Trade Deal Between EU and Southern Afric ...
    There is growing optimism that the countries of Southern Africa are within months of concluding negotiations with the European Union on a major new trade deal, after years of hesitant progress and frustration. The EU ambassador in Pretoria, Roeland van de Geer, told IPS that the agreement would ...
  • U.S. Immigration Reforms Prioritise Labour ove ...
    A long-awaited legislative proposal to reform the United States’ immigration system is sparking frustration on both the left and right here, but is widely being seen as a centrist compromise bill that will now energise all sides as debate in Congress begins Friday. The massive overhaul plan, rel ...
  • Activist Shareholders Slam Brazilian Mining Giant
    Representatives of social movements and communities affected by Brazilian mining company Vale’s operations have bought shares in the company, to make their voices heard. The purchase of shares in transnational corporations, which grants the right to take part in shareholders’ meeting ...

My AntiWar

CASMII - Campaign against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran

  • Clapper: Iran Still Not Building Nukes; Sancti ...
    Summary: Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency Army Lieutenant General Michael Flynn testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee today and reiterated the same assessment regarding Iran as was delivered last month. source: W ...
  • Influential report questions the wisdom of the ...
    Summary: A report from a bipartisan cast of official Washington was issued today, this one on the Obama administration's Iran policy. Although it affirms the DC convention that Iran is some sort of serious threat to the US - a prerequisite for being viewed as Serious among its target audience ...
  • The Strategic and Moral Bankruptcy of U.S. San ...
    Summary: The Obama administration and other sanctions advocates claim that U.S.-instigated sanctions against the Islamic Republic are meant to achieve a range of objectives (changing Iran’s “nuclear calculus,” getting Iran “back to the negotiating table” and making it “negotiate in good faith ...
  • ‘Constructive engagement’ didn’t work in Sout ...
    Summary: During the 1980s Ronald Reagan's anti-boycott policy toward South Africa was known as "Constructive Engagement," which claimed the positive influence of U.S. corporate participation in South Africa would be a more effect towards ending apartheid than direct pressure on the regime. Wr ...
  • For Iran, It's Time to Take One Option Off the ...
    Summary: "All options are on the table," said American Secretary of State John Kerry regarding Iran last week, in Jerusalem, after participating in the Holocaust Martyrs and Heroes Remembrance Day. "Iran cannot have and will not have a nuclear weapon," he said the next day. "President Obama d ...

The Daily Galaxy

  • New Kepler Mission Discovery: Three Earth-size ...
                  NASA scientists do not know whether life could exist on three newfound planets, but their discovery signals we are another step closer to finding a world similar to Earth around a star like our sun. The Kepler mission has discovered two new planetary systems that include t ...
  • "Two Water Worlds Unlike Anything in Our Solar ...
                     Astronomers have a "Water World" planetary system orbiting the star Kepler-62. This five-planet system has two worlds in the habitable zone — the distance from their star at which they receive enough light and warmth that liquid water could theoretically exist on thei ...
  • Moore's Law Applied Back in Time --Hints We Ma ...
                     As life has evolved, its complexity has increased exponentially, just like Moore’s law which states that the number of transistors on an integrated circuit doubles approximately every two years. Now geneticists, Alexei Sharov at the National Institute on Ageing in Bal ...
  • Unexpected Massive Galaxy Found in Early Unive ...
                      "We were hoping to find a massive starburst galaxy at vast distances, but we did not expect that one would even exist that early in the universe," says Dominik Riechers, Senior Research Fellow at Caltech. Current theories say that the first galaxies were small, ...
  • "Christmas Burst of 2010" --Most Powerful Know ...
                     Why a peculiar cosmic explosion occurred on Christmas Day 2010  (above) was long an intriguing question without a clear answer. The cause of the explosion, a gamma-ray burst that first was detected by NASA's Swift observatory, was first believed to be either was a nov ...

Natural News

  • Total media blackout now under way on most lik ...
    In a story that's almost as explosive as the actual bombing itself, the mainstream media is waging a total media blackout on the photos of "The Craft" private military operatives who were present at the Boston marathon bombing. NaturalNews.com and InfoWars.com have...
  • The Boston murders: a cult of lies called gove ...
    (NaturalNews)Yesterday, I covered the mystery of the pressure-cooker bomb. Where are all the holes in the remains of the cooker that should be there, owing to the fact that ball bearings and nails were packed around the explosive material, and all this shrapnel would have been driven...
  • Bayou Corne: Large amounts of gas found beneat ...
    A large sinkhole that has been expanding in size since it first developed last summer is continuing to cause problems in Louisiana's southern swamplands. New reports indicate that toxic gas is now building up in large pockets underneath at least two homes near the Bayou...
  • More U.S. states looking to legalize gold and ...
    As the U.S. government continues to crank out dollars like they were Monopoly money, more and more states - fearing an eventual collapse of the currency, most likely - are looking at ways to legalize and utilize gold and silver as currency. Shunning trust in the Fed...
  • How to beat sciatica naturally
    Even though up to 90 percent of Americans suffer from sciatica, there is hope. Made up of low back spinal nerves L4 through S2, the sciatic nerve is the largest nerve in the human body and runs from the hip, down the back of the thigh, to the inside of the leg and finally...

Threat Level

  • YouTube Prevails in Viacom Copyright Suit — Again
    Media giant Viacom lost yet another legal salvo today toward getting as much as $1 billion from Google for allegedly violating music and video copyrights on the YouTube video service.
  • Reddit Cofounder Calls on Google’s Larry Page ...
    The cofounder of the popular social news site Reddit has called on the leaders of Google, Facebook and Twitter to help defeat a controversial cybersecurity bill that would compromise the privacy of their users if passed by lawmakers.
  • ACLU Asks Government to Investigate Phone Carr ...
    A complaint filed with the Federal Trade Commission accuses wireless phone carriers with leaving millions of Android phone users vulnerable to attack from hackers by failing to distribute fixes for known security flaws in a timely manner.
  • Pirate Bay Cofounder Indicted on Hacking Charges
    The Pirate Bay cofounder Gottfrid Svartholm was indicted today on hacking charges unrelated to his one-year prison sentence for running the world's most notorious and illicit file-sharing service.
  • Government Secrecy Orders on Patents Have Stif ...
    If the government thinks your patent-pending invention has national security implications, it can slap a secrecy order on it that prevents you from developing it. More than 5,300 such orders have been issued, with some of them in effect for ...

PERRspectives : Blog

  • Rick Perry: Use Texas Rainy Day Fund to Pay fo ...
    Two weeks ago, Texas Governor Rick Perry announced his state would forego billions of dollars in expanded federal Medicaid funding that could help provide health insurance for 1.5 million of his lower-income residents. Rejecting an estimated $90 billion over the next decade for his 46th ranked ...
  • Scarborough, Burnett Attack Obama over Tax Return
    Just in time for Tax Day, President Obama released his 2012 return to the IRS. And right on cue, conservative commentators blasted the President for paying only 18.4 percent ($112,000) of his $609,000 in income to Uncle Sam. Predictably, while CNN's Erin Burnett slammed Obama's payment to the ...
  • Raising Payroll Tax Cap is the Best Fix for So ...
    The United States may have serious longer-term fiscal problems, but Social Security is not chief among them. After all, the Social Security Trust Fund has a $2.7 trillion surplus and will continue to grow until 2021. Even though the population of Americans over 65 will grow by a third over the ...
  • Bush, Obama Tax Cuts Five Times Larger Than Pr ...
    Despite slashing the national debt by an additional $1.8 trillion over the next decade, President Obama's proposed fiscal year 2014 budget was received with two predictable talking points by Republican leaders. House Majority Eric Cantor, who previously complained about being called a "hostage ...
  • Will Max Baucus Betray Democrats on Taxes Again?
    At the very start of his political career back in the 1970's, Montana Senator Max Baucus asked New Deal veteran James Rowe Jr., "Do you think I should run as a Republican or a Democrat?" Rowe's uneasy answer--"I sure hope you'll be a Democrat"--has defined Baucus' career ever since. After all, ...

Blackspot News Feed

  • THREE PANELS OPEN: Eric Grissom & David Halvorson
    Eric & David have a free download of the zero issue of their comic PLANET GIGANTIC here.
  • “Central Park Five”: New Film On How Police Ab ...
    An explosive new documentary looks at a case once referred to as "the crime of the century”: the Central Park Five. Many people have heard about the case -- but far too few know that innocent men were imprisoned as a result. The film tells the story of how five black and Latino teenagers were ar ...
  • Former GOP Strategist Kevin Phillips on the Ro ...
    With the Republican Party in a state of turmoil following Mitt Romney's loss three weeks ago, we begin today's show with a guest who was once one of the most influential Republican strategists. In 1969 Kevin Phillips wrote the groundbreaking book, "The Emerging Republican Majority." Newsweek des ...
  • Headlines for November 28, 2012
    Egypt: More than 200,000 Fill Tahrir Square in Biggest Protest Against Morsi, At Least 34 Dead in Syrian Car Bomb Blasts, Shiite Worshipers Among At Least 30 Killed in Iraq Explosions, Report: M23 Rebels Preparing to Leave Goma After Initially Defying Deadline, Bangladeshi Factory Managers Arres ...
  • Palestine Activism in the UK
    Across Britain growing numbers of people are acting in solidarity with Palestinians

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TruthOut

  • Congress Must Debate the Libya War
    The US is now at war in a third Muslim country, according to the "official tally" (that is, counting Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya, but not Pakistan or Yemen, for example.) But Congress has never authorized or debated the US military intervention in Libya. (A sharply disputed claim holds ...
  • News in Brief: Daniel Ellsberg, Col. Ann Wrigh ...
    Daniel Ellsberg, Col. Ann Wright Among 30 Arrested for Protesting Against Abuse of Bradley Manningread more
  • In This Nuclear World, What Is the Meaning of ...
    In a nuclear crisis, life becomes a nightmare for those people trying to make sense of the uncertainties. Imaginably, the questions are endless. Radiation is invisible, how do you know when you are in danger? How long will this danger persist? How can you reduce the hazard to yourself and famil ...
  • Richard D. Wolff: "Personal Debts" (Video)
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  • Charmed Into Battle: How a Volunteering Vacati ...
    About to turn thirty, Conor Grennan planned a year-long trip around the world. He started his trip with a three-month stint volunteering in the Little Princes Orphanage in war-torn Nepal. What was supposed to be just a three-month experience changed Conor's life, and the lives of countless other ...

Planetsave

  • Lyrid Meteor Shower Peak Begins This Weekend, ...
    The Lyrid meteor shower will begin peaking this weekend, late on Sunday night/early Monday morning. The best times to see the Lyrids will be in the early morning on April 22, after the Moon has set, which will be between 3:45am and 4:30am for those in the US. The meteor shower this year is expec ...
  • Gold Nanoparticles Accelerate Aging, Commonly ...
    Gold nanoparticles, a common ingredient in many everyday items, has now been found to accelerate aging and wrinkling, slow wound healing, inhibit adipose (fat) storage, and to cause the onset of diabetes. There’s a degree of humor to this when you consider that gold nanoparticles are a com ...
  • Portugal Acquires 70% Of Its Q1 Power Generati ...
    There are stories all across CleanTechnica which display the growing rise of renewable energy use across the globe, but then there are these stories which just do my heart the world of good. According to figures from the nation’s grid operator, Portugal acquires 70% of its power generation ...
  • NASA Announces Newest Most Earth-Like Exoplane ...
    At a press conference earlier today, NASA scientists announced the discovery of three new ‘Super Earths’ — exoplanets that are slightly larger than our own Earth — one of which is the most Earth-like exoplanet ever found in a sun-like star’s habitable zone. This lat ...
  • Global Warming Doubted By Majority Of Pastors
    A LifeWay Research survey found that 54% of Protestant pastors disagreed with a statement saying that global warming is real and man made. This figure was lower than for the same survey conducted in 2010 when it was 60%. Democratic pastors mostly agreed that global warming is real and man made, ...

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Axis of Logic

  • Illuminati Planning Another Financial Crash? ...
    "The American people are being disenfranchised, disinherited, and enslaved." The PBS Documentary "The Warning" proves the Illuminati bankers deliberately sabotaged the financial system before 2008. This was not the first time nor will it be the last."Economic c ...
  • CIA directing arms shipments to Syria’s “rebel ...
    22 June 2012 CIA agents have been deployed to Turkey to organize the arming of the so-called rebels in Syria seeking the overthrow of the government of President Bashar al-Assad, the New York Times reported Thursday. The report, citing information provided by senior US officials as well a ...
  • UNASUR Foreign Ministers in Paraguay to Discus ...
    Río de Janeiro, June 21 (Prensa Latina) Foreign ministres from member countries of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) are scheduled to leave today for Paraguay to discuss the situation in that country in the wake of decisión by the Chamber of Deputies to open an impeachment against Pre ...
  • The Right Wing Move to Impeach Paraguay's Pres ...
    Editor's Note: Does this sound familiar to anyone? It was 3 years ago this month that democratically-elected President Zelaya was thrown out of office by a coup in Honduras backed by the US State Department. In January, 2010 we published Mike Whitney's article, In South America, left-wing presid ...
  • WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange speaks from E ...
    22 June 2012 Australian and US governments “playing word games”  WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange spoke out today from the Ecuadorian embassy in London about the escalating assault on his democratic rights and why he had been compelled to seek political asylum in Ecuador. Interviewed b ...

They Gave Us a Republic

  • Winning a ringside seat to terror atttack
    (Note: The following story on the traumatic experience of my wife's employees during the attack on the Boston Marathon on Monday appeared in one of our local newspapers, The Attleboro Sun Chronicle, yesterday. My wife was also interviewed on the day of the attack by phone by my brother, Bob Frie ...
  • They Messed With The Wrong City
    By @TedFrier The phone rang a little before 3:00. "Are you watching the news?" asked my mother-in-law, frantically. I wasn't. "Then turn on the TV. Two bombs just went off near the finish line at the Boston Marathon." There was good reason for my mother-in-law's tone of urgency. Though my wife w ...
  • The Crisis of Zionism, Conservatism
    By @TedFrier Before there was Governor Rick Scott's defiance of the US Justice Department's order to stop purging Hispanics and other dark-skinned Democrats from the Florida voter rolls, there was Avigdor Lieberman, foreign minister in Israeli leader Bibi Netanyahu's ruling Likud coalition, who ...
  • A Blunt Mental Health Epiphany
  • Dear Congress: You Are NOT America's "Nobility"
    By @TomBales1 Ladies & Gentlemen: As one of your employers it has come to my attention that there are certain things going on during the course of your employment with our organization that need to be straightened out before they've gone too far to reverse, which I fear may already be the c ...

Care 2

  • Ask North Carolina to Send Abused Fighting Dog ...
    A North Carolina man Lefonze Williams will be forced by a Mecklenburg County judge to pay nearly $14 thousand for the care of pit bulls he used in his dog fighting ring. Unfortunately, if Williams chooses to pay the fine, he will be allowed to keep th Submitted by Harshiita Sharma to Animals ...
  • Confused koala discovers his home has been cut ...
    This koala looks rather sad. But who can blame him? According to Australia's Wildlife Information, Rescue and Education Service (WIRES), the sub-adult male koala was recently discovered sitting atop the remnants of what was once his home in Vittoria Submitted by Agnes N. to Science & Te ...
  • Chinese boat crashes in protected coral reef.. ...
    Double trouble It was already bad enough that a Chinese boat crashed into the Tubbataha reef, a protected coral reef off the coast of the Philippines, but what the coast guard found inside increased massively the size of the environmental disaster: 400 Submitted by Agnes N. to Science & ...
  • The sun sets on a dying tradition: Beautiful p ...
    Guided only by the flicker of their lanterns and the last light of a dimming sun, three cormorant fishermen drift silently across a Chinese lake, hoping to make a last catch for the day. Submitted by Agnes N. to Green Lifestyle  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  • California's 'Ag-Gag' bill bites the dust
    The bill would have required anyone who witnessed animal cruelty to submit the evidence to law enforcement within 48 hours. Animal advocates argued the bill would prevent them from doing a thorough investigation Submitted by Jill Vickerman to Animals  |   Note-it!  |  ...

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No Quarter

  • BOO HOO OBAMA
    Boy. What a display of crocodile tears by Barack Obama in the wake of the gun control debacle in the Democrat controlled Senate. He was a tad bit testy. The dishonesty of Obama, Joe Biden and Harry Reid on the issue is startling. Not one damn thing they pushed would have prevented the horror tha ...
  • Chris Matthews and Me
    After I seven year hiatus I was back last night on Hardball. Judge for yourself: I met a new Chris Matthews last night. It is true he is one of the most partisan voices on TV today and, on many occasions, drives me to madness. But I saw something last night off camera I have [...]
  • Boston Police Dropped the Ball, Facilitated th ...
    If Boston Police had done their job properly, it is likely that the dead and wounded from the bombing would be alive and well today. The Police did not do proper security. The picture is damning and telling. Boston Police, charged with securing the route of the Boston Marathon, allowed at least ...
  • Pressure Cooker with TATP?
    If these reports are correct (and that is the key assumption), then the devices used yesterday point to originating from Pakistan/India. This type of device has been tied to muslim extremists and Maoists. Take a look at this picture: And then, read what appeared 7 years ago in THE HINDU, a Delhi ...
  • Terror Strike in Boston? UPDATE
    Going with the principle that first reports are usually wrong, the visuals from the finish line of the Boston Marathon point to a likely coordinated terrorist strike. I held out hope that this was a natural gas explosion, but after watching the video it does not appear likely. This will be a rap ...

Futurismic

  • Consequences
    I do keep saying that futurism isn’t about making predictions, don’t I? Well, that’s because I really believe it. Prediction — in the sense of declaring with great certainty that [x] will come to happen — is a waste of time, because you have no way of accurately det ...
  • The (contested) street, finding new uses for t ...
    From a photo-essay/collection thingybob at The Atlantic: Syrian rebel fighters and their homebrew military hardware. There are lots of shots of chaps lathing mortar shells, as well as crude hand-welded onagers made from shelving and rebar; that’s your continuity verification, a through-lin ...
  • Science fiction and science, part II: smashing ...
    So, last week saw me take the train down to London in order to give a presentation on science fiction narratives as strategic planning tools to the Strategic Special Interest Group of the British Academy of Management. (That’s neither a topic or audience I’d have ever expected to add ...
  • Science fiction and science, part I: you’re do ...
    *blows dust off microphone* I’ve been absent from here for a while because I’ve been working on other things, but those things are very much related to Futurismic as a project, both in terms of what it has been, and what it will be. More on that later, though. I want to get things ba ...
  • 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 ...

Mountaintop Removal

  • Op-Ed: No More Business As Usual - The Daily G ...
    Op-Ed: No More Business As Usual The Daily Gazette On Thursday, May 2, we will be hosting anti-mountaintop removal activist Dustin White and screening the film Burning the Future to ground ourselves in the struggle against fossil fuels taking place in Appalachia and around the world. On Friday, ...
  • Study outlines overlooked impacts of mountaint ...
    Study outlines overlooked impacts of mountaintop removal Charleston Gazette Mountaintop removal is having frequently overlooked impacts on forests, biodiversity, climate and public health, and an updated federal review is needed to more fully examine those issues, according to a new study by gov ...
  • Little jam band makes big presence on East Coa ...
    Little jam band makes big presence on East Coast The News Journal It's a festival to bring awareness to the devastation that mountaintop removal mining causes. It's also an anti-fracking festival. The streams are dying and the air is toxic. These friends of ours are on the front lines of ...
  • Boy Scouts in final stages of prep for Jambore ...
    Boy Scouts in final stages of prep for Jamboree West Virginia Public Broadcasting Part of the property sits on a former mountain top removal site, inactive since the early 1980's. With the longtime outdoor code 'leave no trace,' protecting the environment is Boy Scout tradition. Prit ...
  • Glitch-pop artist Dan Deacon to come to WXJM's ...
    Glitch-pop artist Dan Deacon to come to WXJM's show The Breeze Mountaintop removal mining is a process of coal extraction from the peaks of mountains using explosives. After the coal has been removed, the pulverized mountain sediment is replaced, turning the mountain into a giant pile of loo ...

Memeorandum

  • One Boston Bombing Suspect Is Dead (New York T ...
    New York Times: One Boston Bombing Suspect Is Dead  —  By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE, RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr. and JESS BIDGOOD  —  BOSTON — The Boston region was in the grip of a security emergency as police pursued one of the suspects believed to be responsible for ...
  • Rolf Harris sex abuse arrest (Tom Morgan/The Sun)
    Tom Morgan / The Sun: Rolf Harris sex abuse arrest  —  TV legend, 83, quizzed over assault claim  —  ROLF Harris has been arrested on suspicion of sex offences, The Sun can reveal.  —  The 83-year-old TV star and singer was held over historic sex ...
  • Reports: "Overseas" Figures - Not Missing Brow ...
    Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed: Reports: “Overseas” Figures — Not Missing Brown Student — Are Suspects  —  Williams cites “overseas military training.”  Another wild goose chase on social media?  —  The remaining suspect, who ...
  • One Boston Marathon suspect dead, another stil ...
    U.S. News: One Boston Marathon suspect dead, another still on run, officials say  —  The two marathon bombing suspects.  The man in the white hat is still believed to be at large.  —  With a bomb strapped to his chest, one of the Boston Marathon suspects was ...
  • Is the New York Post Edited by a Bigoted Drunk ...
    Tom Scocca / Gawker: Is the New York Post Edited by a Bigoted Drunk Who F**ks Pigs?  —  This morning, the New York Post published on its front page a photo of two spectators near the Boston Marathon finish line, one wearing a backpack and one with a duffel bag slung at his side, ...

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China Dialogue

  • 教训惨痛:中&#222 ...
    中国企业越来越不愿在动荡地区承包工程，开始把重点转向欧美市场。2008年，中国水&#21 ...
  • 环境外交：&#2615 ...
    全球在环境上的期望和中国所面临的现实问题是一对不可避免的矛盾，在环境外交上 ...
  • 整镇迁移：&#2001 ...
    为了给秘鲁的一个采矿项目让路，中国投资商搬迁了整个城镇及其全部人口，这代表 ...
  • 中国改写非&#2795 ...
    中国是众多发展中国家以很低成本获取所需投资的参照，西方国家在这一方面还有许 ...
  • 中国地球工&#3124 ...
    为了应对干旱，中国政府加大了人工增雨的力度。然而，不少专家对此却持怀疑态度 ...

AlterNet Top Stories

  • Why Our Broken Senate Kills Popular Policies
    How the Senate by designempowers the residents of small states at the expense of residents of larger states. The problems with the current Senate rules — namely the abuse of the filibuster by Republicans — are well known. Less well understood is how the Senate by designempow ...
  • Far-Right Shock Jock Michael Savage Concocts C ...
    Amidst a national manhunt, up to 8 million Americans were bombarded with wildly dangerous speculation and anti-Muslim incitement. No one has been officially accused of orchestrating the Boston Marathon bombing that left at least three dead and scores wounded, but one of the most popular radio ...
  • How We Can Break the Cycle of Pain From Mass V ...
    I’m exhausted from doing this again and again, but it has to be done until the day that we all believe and act on the notion that every human life is precious, not to be destroyed for any reason.  The following article first appeared on Colorlines. I’m not a religious p ...
  • Critically Ill Woman Faces Jail Time if She Go ...
    In addition to her health complications, doctors have confirmed that the fetus has anencephaly and is nonviable.  According to a report from Amnesty International, a seriously ill and pregnant El Salvadorian woman may face jail time if she goes forward with a lifesaving and medically reco ...
  • Modeling Agents Recruit Outside Eating Disorde ...
    The clinic has had to keep women inside to protect them from the agents. Modeling agencies in Sweden have reportedly made a practice of scouting for new talent outside of the country's biggest clinic for treating eating disorders. Dr. Anna-Maria af Sandberg, head of the St ...

Threat Level

  • YouTube Prevails in Viacom Copyright Suit — Again
    Media giant Viacom lost yet another legal salvo today toward getting as much as $1 billion from Google for allegedly violating music and video copyrights on the YouTube video service.
  • Reddit Cofounder Calls on Google’s Larry Page ...
    The cofounder of the popular social news site Reddit has called on the leaders of Google, Facebook and Twitter to help defeat a controversial cybersecurity bill that would compromise the privacy of their users if passed by lawmakers.
  • ACLU Asks Government to Investigate Phone Carr ...
    A complaint filed with the Federal Trade Commission accuses wireless phone carriers with leaving millions of Android phone users vulnerable to attack from hackers by failing to distribute fixes for known security flaws in a timely manner.
  • Pirate Bay Cofounder Indicted on Hacking Charges
    The Pirate Bay cofounder Gottfrid Svartholm was indicted today on hacking charges unrelated to his one-year prison sentence for running the world's most notorious and illicit file-sharing service.
  • Government Secrecy Orders on Patents Have Stif ...
    If the government thinks your patent-pending invention has national security implications, it can slap a secrecy order on it that prevents you from developing it. More than 5,300 such orders have been issued, with some of them in effect for ...

Equality Trust

  • UK Drug Policy Commission Report published today
    The UK’s approach to drug policy appears simplistic in several ways. Seeing all drug use as invariably problematic can reduce the cost-effectiveness of policy. Equally, drug problems need to be seen and addressed within their wider social and economic context; entrenched drug problems appear to ...
  • The Spirit Level Documentary Film
    We're delighted to introduce The Spirit Level Documentary - a forthcoming film based on the best-selling book, which will show why a more equal society is better for us all. Find out more...    
  • Act Local = Reduce the Gap
    Find out more about our new campaign: Act Local = Reduce the Gap
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    Visit the website of One Society which works in partnership with The Equality Trust. One Society draws on a wealth of research which shows that large divides in income at the top and bottom of society – beyond ‘proportional rewards’ – are damaging to our economy and society, not just for those ...
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PDA AMERICA

  • Wikiarguments: A Practical Plan to Get Big Mon ...
    Wikiarguments: A Practical Plan to Get Big Money Out of Politics By Carmen Yarrusso There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.”–Henry David Thoreau Clearly, our government ...
  • IOT: Healthcare for All Jan Call
    Call – Healthcare for All IOT Date – Jan 18, 2011 Agenda: 1. Introductions—Dr. Bill Honigman, PDA Healthcare for All IOT coordinator and California State Coordinator 2. National Single Payer Movement—Katie Robbins, Healthcare-NOW! 3. States Single Payer Movement–Chuck Pennacchi ...
  • PDA Weekly Field Report 1/7/2011 – 1/18/2011
    Little Victories! Field Site: onenationpda.org California ADEM elections: Congratulations to all our PDA California friends and allies who completed a sweep up and down at the state at the recent CA Democratic Party Delegate elections. This will put the ...
  • War is a Crime: Join In For Justice
    WarIsACrime.org JOIN IN FOR JUSTICE! 1/17/11 Washington, D.C., and Quantico, Va. Protest of FBI Raids and Bradley Manning Imprisonment http://www.defendingdissent.org/action/Events.htm 1/18/11 Washington, D.C. Panel with Rep. Rush Holt, Emily Berman from the Brennan Center for Justice, Shah ...
  • An American Suicide Terrorist
    William John Cox The shooter of Congresswoman Gifford acted as a domestic suicide terrorist on the political “battleground” of American politics. His YouTube postings and “goodby” phone messages are ominously reminiscent of the traditional farewell videos ...

Marler Blog

  • Foodborne Illness Rates Continue to Fall – And ...
    Work at Marler Clark has been a bit slower in both 2011 and 2012 – and, that really is a good thing.  Less work translates into less illnesses – and,... Continue Reading
  • Poisoned coming out in paperback in May
    I got a call this morning from Jeff Benedict, author of Poisoned, that the book is coming out in paperback in a few weeks.  Hard to believe that in has... Continue Reading
  • A Washington Salmonella Virchow Outbreak Heads ...
    In early October 2012, the Clark County Public Health Department (“the health department”) received the first reports of a cluster of Salmonella Virchow infections occurring in the county.  Additional reports... Continue Reading
  • Watch the Germs that Lurk in Your Kitchen
    In 2010 I received the NSF Food Safety Leadership Award: Innovation in Education.  So, clearly NSF knows what they speak. In a germ study conducted by NSF International, 20 families... Continue Reading
  • Rare E. coli Hits Manitowoc Wisconsin
    Health officials have detected two cases of the same strain of E. coli O157:H7 in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, and are conducting an investigation to determine the source of the bacteria.... Continue Reading

AutoblogGreen

  • First Drive: 2013 Fiat 500e
    Filed under: Hatchback, First Drives, Electric, FiatCinquecento's Electrifying One-Price Strategy Is A Gas America's electric vehicle segment is getting crowded, but sales remain tiny compared to the overall market. Listening to EV pitchmen, a key phrase heard over and over is "no comprom ...
  • New York: 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek Hybrid fina ...
    Filed under: New York Auto Show, Hybrid, Crossover, Subaru For a company that does a pretty great job of tying its vehicles to the environment - or, better said, to people who like to actually get out into the environment - Subaru hasn't exactly been a leader in green vehicle production. In f ...
  • New York: 2014 BMW 328d ready to burn oil in j ...
    Filed under: New York Auto Show, Sedan, BMW, Diesel Despite showing off the new 328d sedan in New Jersey yesterday, BMW though it only fair to bring the first four-cylinder diesel it will ever sell in the US to the New York Auto Show today as well. Unfortunately, the company remains vague abo ...
  • Official: 2014 Mercedes-Benz B-Class Electric ...
    Filed under: New York Auto Show, Hatchback, Mercedes-Benz, Electric Despite the fact that Daimler's press release doesn't mention this company by name, we have to assume that the 28-kWh lithium-ion battery in the upcoming 2014 Mercedes-Benz B-Class Electric Drive comes from Tesla Motors. What ...
  • Geneva: Exagon Motors golden-orange Furtive-eG ...
    Filed under: Hybrid, Geneva Motor Show, Electric The previous version of the Exagon Motors Furtive-eGT was a subtle - in color, not design - silver. At the Geneva Motor Show this week, Exagon took the wraps off a beautiful copper version of the carbon fiber and honeycomb body. We're not quite ...

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  • The Georgia Guidestones
    On 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 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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    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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Twilight Earth

  • Cartoon caption contest
    Take 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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: ...
  • 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 ...

Fabius Maximus

  • Peak Oil as seen through the eyes of Arab oil ...
    Summary: One of the world’s great energy experts reports on the view from a energy conference in Qatar. Oil is the fountain of their prosperity, and they well understand how brief the Age of Oil will be. . Reflections by Robert Hirsch on the Conference “Peak Oil: Challenges and Opportuniti ...
  • Thatcher said that we have no alternatives. Pr ...
    Summary:  The people in Europe’s periphery suffer from a lack of alternatives. This locks them into two ugly choices: suffer years of austerity (with no end in sight), or futile (perhaps nihilistic) protests. In fact, the West as a whole has a lack of alternatives. Here we discuss that pro ...
  • The Truth and Beauty of Madrid and Lombardia ( ...
    Summary: The fate of Europe depends on many factors, not least on the support of the people in Europe’s periphery for the European Union. Today we have an excerpt from Truth & Beauty that gives an accurate picture of conditions in this pivotal region, with a comparison to Russia’ ...
  • The March jobs report shows continued slow gro ...
    Summary:  The news media focuses on the month-to-month changes in the jobs report, which consist mostly of noise. Strong months confirm the optimists; weak months confirm the pessimists. The trend of growth remains the real story, with the US economy near stall speed — supported only (like ...
  • Should we expect another war in Korea?
    Summary:  Our military and national security gurus love crises for like that now in Korea. As does the news media, which overflows with fear-mongering laced with war-mongering. Both feed modern America’s defining characteristic: bellicose insecurity. Here we review some general lessons fro ...

WIRED Magazine | Science

  • Wired Space Photo of the Day: X-Ray View of An ...
    A long Chandra observation reveals SN 1006 supernova remnant in exquisite detail. By overlapping ten different pointings of Chandra's field-of-view, astronomers have stitched together a cosmic tapestry of the debris field that was created when a white dwarf star exploded, ...
  • 3 New Exoplanets Might Have Right Temperature ...
    Scientists are reporting a bounty of new worlds that may be capable of sustaining life, with the discovery of three exoplanets slightly larger than Earth orbiting within their stars’ habitable zone.
  • Shark-Stalking Robot Will Spy on Mysterious Oc ...
    This summer, a new underwater robot will start tracking some of the ocean's top predators -- including great white sharks -- to learn more about their habits.
  • ‘Living Fossil’ Fish Gets Its Genome Sequenced
    The coelacanth isn't called a "living fossil" for nothing. The 2-meter-long, 90 kg fish was thought to have gone extinct 70 million years ago—until a fisherman caught one in 1938—and the animal looks a lot like its fossil ancestors dating ...
  • Sea Lion Pupdate: Strandings May Be Ebbing
    Since January, nearly 1,300 starving sea lion pups have been brought into Southern California's rehab facilities -- about 5.5 times more than the historical average. But in the last week, the rate of pup strandings has decreased.

PakAlert

  • Photos: Private military operatives hired to ‘ ...
    Natural News has now confirmed that at least five private military contractors were operating on scene at the Boston marathon, and that they all carried black backpacks which look very similar to the backpack carrying the pressure cooker bomb (see pictures below). The mainstream media is comp ...
  • Obama Looking at Executive Actions After Senat ...
    Obama and his coterie of anti-Second Amendment advocates are not willing to accept the Senate’s rejection of gun legislation. According to BuzzFeed, Obama will force his will on the American people through unconstitutional executive actions
  • Gun-grabbers React with Outrage as Second Amen ...
    Liberals and anti-Second Amendment activists, led by Obama, expressed outrage over a Senate vote on Wednesday rejecting firearm background checks. “All in all, this is a pretty shameful day for Washington,” Obama said from the Rose Garden after the vote. “The American people are trying to fig ...
  • Zionists warm up to wage nuclear wars across M ...
    The Zionist attack dogs are at it again. These creatures, of peculiarly vicious disposition, come in two main types. There is the Zionist Israeli type, slavering and slobbering at the thought of killing somebody who is not capable of seriously fighting back. This type, for example, is ver ...
  • McDonald’s Wishes You Never Knew About These T ...
    When it comes to fast food arches, all that glitters is not gold. And in McDonald's case, it's difficult to say whether its fair share of criticism comes in spite of it being one of America's most iconic brands, or perhaps because of it. The fast-food chain's come up for a dose of criticism i ...

Andy Worthington

  • Fog, Prison and the Sea: Photos of the Isle of ...
    Fog, Prison and the Sea: The Isle of Portland at Night, a set on Flickr. Last week, I was in Dorset for a four-day holiday with my family, staying in a rather magical, liminal place — Chiswell, a little village on the eastern end of Chesil Beach, on the Isle of Portland. Chesil Beach is [...]
  • “Kindness is Better than Greed”: P ...
    “Kindness is Better than Greed”: A Response to Margaret Thatcher on the Day of Her Funeral, a set on Flickr. To paraphrase William Shakespeare, I came to bury Margaret Thatcher, not to praise her. However, due to a hospital appointment, I missed the procession and only arrived at St. ...
  • “People Are Dying Here,” Shaker Aa ...
    Please write urgent emails calling for the return of Shaker Aamer from Guantánamo to foreign secretary William Hague and to Alistair Burt, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office. Supporters are also encouraged to sign the international petition for Shaker ...
  • A Voice from Guantánamo: Samir Moqbel, a Hunge ...
    With the prison-wide hunger strike at Guantánamo now in its third month, it is encouraging that so much of the mainstream media is paying close attention to the story, maintaining pressure on the Obama administration to do something about it — most obviously by securing the release of the ...
  • A Rainy Easter: Photos of Chesil Beach in Dorset
    A Rainy Easter: Chesil Beach in Dorset, a set on Flickr. My apologies, to those of you who have been following my photographic projects, for the unexplained hiatus over the last few weeks. To explain briefly, I ran into two problems. Firstly, I found myself rather overwhelmed by the number of ph ...

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  • Getting the garlic blues
    Pickler Andrew Dalby responded to one of my recent tweets about not cooking asparagus in lemon juice because it discolours it. He had found that his garlic cloves turned blue when he pickled them in spiced malt vinegar. The discolouration doesn’t mean that the pickles are inedible. Now pla ...
  • What if Greg House MD were on twitter?
    What if Dr Gregory House were on twitter? Hungardian doctor Berci Meskó MD PhD ‏knows his medical communities and uses the internet like a pro in his practice: “We must include digital literacy in the medical curriculum,” he tells TEDxNijmegen ;-) What if Greg House MD were on twitte ...
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  • Science mob to attack austerity
    Austerity measures – cutbacks in other words – are taking their toll on science. A special issue of The Euroscientist brings together an analysis of the impact of austerity on scientists and their research and the growing brain drain. The magazine is also encouraging other scientists ...
  • The Daily Fail
    Periodically I receive links to stories in the British “tabloid” newspaper, The Daily Mail, from Sciencebase readers. I am yet to see anything in that paper that is worth the ink or electrons. Moreover, I wouldn’t even deem it fit to be torn up into squares and hung from a stri ...

Common Dreams -News

  • Rights Groups Slam House Passage of Privacy-In ...
    Rights groups are slamming the House passage of the controversial Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) Thursday afternoon, a bill they say "undermines the privacy of millions of Internet users." The bill received strong Republican support with 196 in favor and 29 oppos ...
  • Sandra Steingraber, Others Get 15 Days in Jail ...
  • Migrant Workers Gunned Down in Greece
    Twenty-eight migrant workers were gunned down in Greece on Wednesday after demanding back pay owed to them on a farm they had worked on for several months. Up to 28 out of a total of 200 mostly Bangladeshi immigrant workers who came under fire were hospitalized following the incident, although n ...
  • Majority in the US: Redistribute Wealth, Enac ...
    A sign at Occupy Wall Street. (Photo: Kimberlyki/flickr)A majority of people in the U.S. read more
  • Nebraskans Take on Keystone XL in Public Hearing
    "Tribal pipeline fighters starting our press conference in pure spirit #nokxl" (Photo: Jane Kleeb/ Bold Nebraska)Hundreds of Nebraskans are hoping to have their voices heard on Thursday as they rally to attend a public hearing with the US State Department over the proposed Keystone XL ...

Lifehacker

  • Triage for iPhone Organizes Your Email On the Go
    iPhone: You're not going to find a shortage of email apps out there for the iPhone, but Triage doesn't want to replace your email client. Its primary purpose is to help you organize your email when you're on the go. Read more...    
  • Find Your Spot in This Week's Open Thread
    Another week, another 10,080 minutes. If you find the week dragging on, just retreat to your happy spot for a bit, refresh yourself, and dive back in. And while you're at it, feel free to talk about anything you want in this week's open thread.Read more...    
  • Facebook's Messenger app on Android now allows ...
    Facebook's Messenger app on Android now allows free VOIP calling for all customers worldwide (previously only available in the US). You can place a call by hitting the "i" button in the upper right hand corner of Chat and selecting the "Free Call" option. [via TalkAndroid]Read mo ...
  • The Hidden Way to Zoom in Closer in Google Maps
    Google Maps lets you zoom in pretty close for its mapped locations, but there's a secret way you might be able to zoom in even closer. Here's how.Read more...    
  • Organize Tasks by Effort to Budget Time Better
    Time management is one of the harder parts of productivity. A to-do list might show you what needs to get done, but figuring out how long you need to spend on each task is tough. Harvard Business Review recommends dividing your tasks into three categories based on effort.Read more...   ...

Water Wars

  • Editorial: Accelerating Corpus Christi water r ...
    Anyone who thinks the city is jumping the gun by imposing stage 3 water restrictions a month early needs to Google “water wars.” It’ll reveal a history of serious skirmishes — between ranchers and the city of Los Angeles in the early 20th century, between Georgia and Tennessee now
  • VIDEO: Water wars: US states fight over Rio Gr ...
    Texas and New Mexico are locked in a dispute over the Rio Grande River, and it could end up being decided by the US Supreme Court
  • Georgia vs. Tennessee Water Wars: Take Tenness ...
    Georgia wants to take land on the Tennessee/Georgia border that it does not own and drain the Tennessee River. Tennesseans see no reason to give Georgians the straw through which they can drink the Volunteer State's milkshake.
  • Water Wars: LADWP Still Trying to Control Dust ...
    LA's Department of Water and Power thinks it has a new plan to deal with the insanely expensive dust mitigation up at Owens Lake. The lake, about 200 miles north of the city, went dry after the construction of the...
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  • The Morning Pride: April 19, 2013
    Welcome to The Morning Pride, ThinkProgress LGBT’s daily round-up of the latest in LGBT policy, politics, and some culture too! Here’s what we’re reading this morning, but please let us know what stories you’re following as well. Follow us all day on Twitter at @TPEquality. - Today is the Day of ...
  • Econ 101: April 19, 2013
    Welcome to ThinkProgress Economy’s morning link roundup. This is what we’re reading. Have you seen any interesting news? Let us know in the comments section. You can also follow ThinkProgress Economy on Twitter. European Union leaders have promised to curb austerity efforts to boost economic gro ...
  • One Boston Bombing Suspect Dead, Other Still O ...
    Law enforcement officials believe that one suspect in Monday’s bombing of the Boston Marathon was killed Friday morning after a shootout and car chase with police, while the other is still on the loose. NBC’s Pete Williams reports that the two are brothers, 19 and 26, and are legal p ...
  • Governor LePage: Maine Wind Turbine Runs On ‘A ...
    Maine Governor Paul LePage accused the University of Maine of turning on an electric motor when the wind wasn’t blowing their turbine to fool people into thinking that “wind power works.” This isn’t a joke. Reported by Mike Tipping with the Bangor Daily News, LePage told ...
  • First Ever Global Electric Vehicle Outlook Rel ...
    Energy ministers from 23 of the world’s leading economies met to discuss challenges and solutions around advancing clean energy technologies at the 5th Clean Energy Ministerial, or CEM, in New Delhi, India from April 16 -18. The CEM, launched in 2010, brings together governments representing 80 ...

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  • Remember Afghanistan? It Was In All the Newspa ...
    I wouldn't begrudge Canada's paying over one-billion dollars a year to free a country of 30 million people from tyranny. Seriously. But I do kinda resent Canada's having spent almost $20 billion since 2001 in Afghanistan to impose one brutal tyranny on that country, rather than another one. S ...
  • An Islamic Bomb
    Philosopher Sam Harris has the dubious honour of sharing fellow "New" Atheist Christopher Hitchens' bigotry against Muslims. (Richard Dawkins appears to think that Islamic fundamentalism is the worst sort of fundamentalism but I'm not sure that he supports the US-backed invasions of their countr ...
  • Attack Ad Against Justin Trudeau
    I'm really unhappy about Justin Trudeau. Seems to me that he's what stands between the bankrupt Liberal Party of Canada (a "vision" for Canada that appears to be some incoherent mish-mash of corporate inhumanity and vaguely progressive rhetoric) and its eventual demise. With his name and his loo ...
  • Foreign Workers Program
    The purpose of the foreign workers program was to drag down wages in Canada. Full stop. Barack Obama (the great hope of so many deluded pwogwessives) believes that wages in the USA also need to go down. European corporats and their political henchpersons (what is a "hench" anyway?) want to do ...
  • The NDP and Socialism and Justin Trudeau
    Well, the NDP decided that they don't like public healthcare, but that they do like private banks who gouge everything and everyone in sight. Or something that probably makes sense to Tom Mulcair. They took the dreaded word "socialism" out of their party constitution. I've always thought this a ...

Science Express

  • 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 ...
  • 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.
  • Research team finds structure of 'swine flu' virus
    A 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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.

End Homelessness | Change.org

  • Mississippi Launches Plan To End Child Homeles ...
    Fulfilling the wishes and happiness of children is at the heart of the holiday season. So, now seems particularly timely for Mississippi to launch a new plan to end child homelessness (pdf) in the state.  What better way to set the season of giving in motion than by committing to finding safe an ...
  • Thanksgiving 2.0: Food, Poverty and Telling th ...
    This Thanksgiving, most of us around the country shared a bountiful harvest feast with friends and family. We celebrated all that we are thankful for by gorging ourselves right into a food coma. It's the American way. Unfortunately, it's also the American way to be thankful for all that we have ...
  • Homeless People Wanted: Must Be Open to Demean ...
    What are they thinking? People obviously don't see the homeless as human or they wouldn't attempt to hire them to do most of the insane, demeaning and illegal jobs out there. Here's a small sampling: Rob dead bodies. The Aokigahara forest at the base of Mt. Fuji in Japan is the site of 50 to 100 ...
  • LA Plans to Make Homelessness Go the Way of th ...
    Instead of pretending homelessness doesn't exist, creating new laws to make it illegal to sit or sleep in public, or sending homeless residents on a one-way trip out of town, Los Angeles County may attempt to actually do something about ending homelessness. And the county is setting the bar high ...
  • Don't Let Violence Against the Homeless Go Unp ...
    Despite its economic troubles, Detroit is not known for being kind to the homeless. That's too bad, since there are nearly 10,000 homeless people living there. In October, police say that Steven James Diponio, 54, became so enraged at Charles Duncan, 42, who was homeless and sleeping behind a sc ...

Ceasefire.ca

  • How would you spend the money?
    Today is the Global Day of Action On Military Spending. How would you spend the money wasted wasted on weapons and war?
  • Arctic ships a titanic blunder
    A new report examining the government’s plans to build Arctic/Offshore Patrol Ships has just been released by the Rideau Institute and the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.
  • Responses from political parties
    On March 3rd Ceasefire.ca supporters and allies responded en masse to Be Heard – No Attack Drones! Nearly 6,000 letters have been sent so far! Ceasefire.ca has received responses from the Green Party and the NDP.
  • UN adopts Arms Trade Treaty
    On April 2nd, the UN General Assembly voted to approve a draft treaty to control the global arms trade. The proposed treaty leaves it largely up to the arms exporters themselves to determine the appropriateness of their exports. But groups working to control the arms trade are hopeful that by es ...
  • Drones update from Ottawa
    Thousands of emails and postcards are being sent to Prime Minister Stephen Harper and other party leaders, and we are more than halfway to our goal of delivering 10,000 messages to Parliament. But there is a lot more work to be done.

Kevin Trudeau Show

  • The Kevin Trudeau Show: 10-27-12
    Today, Kevin exposes the drug and dietary supplement industries and gives you the four factors that are causing illness and disease in your life. Plus, get Kevin’s top recommendations to improve your health and happiness! Self Help: Success Secrets Neutralize Electromagnetic Chaos Positively Enh ...
  • The Flu Season Is Upon Us
    Here are a few of my personal recommendations for avoiding the flu this holiday season. These recommendations are also the best way to slow, or potentially reverse, the aging process, making you look and feel younger than you have in years. In general terms the way to eradicate any and all illne ...
  • The Kevin Trudeau Show: 12-1-12
    Today, Kevin gives you an inside look into what is really wrong with America and what you can do to fix it! Self Help: Turn Your Health Around Show KT You Stand With Him Health: The FDA Is Not Protecting You! Sunscreen May Actually Accelerate Cancer Birth Defects Caused By World’s Top-Selling We ...
  • The Kevin Trudeau Show: 12-22-12
    Today, Kevin exposes the truth behind Subway’s false and misleading advertising, body scanner radiation vs. airplane radiation, and even Your Wish Is Your Command! Self Help: Protect You & Your Family Grass Fed Beef & Dairy Change The Way You Think Health: Your PC, TV or Cell Phone May B ...
  • The Kevin Trudeau Show: 11-3-12
    Today, Kevin gives you more proof that the FDA is only protecting the profits of big corporations and that the government is hiding documentation revealing the link between sunscreens and skin cancer! Self Help: Turn Your Health Around Show KT You Stand With Him Health: The FDA Is Not Protecting ...

Armies of Liberation

  • Hadi appoints new SCER
    On Monday Yemen’s interim president Mansour Abdo Hadi named several judges to the Supreme Commission on Elections and Referendum (SCER).  The SCER is responsible for the technical aspects of elections and has a pivotal role in maintaining or subverting the integrity of electi ...
  • High risk US embassy in Yemen gets Marine rein ...
    High risk US embassy in Yemen gets Marine reinforcements as protests continue by Jane Novak An elite Marine rapid response team arrived in Yemen’s capital to protect the US embassy there which remains vulnerable and in disrepair following a mob attack this week. Protests against a video clip dee ...
  • State Department ends Yemen arms embargo
    Without much fanfare or explanation, the US State Department revised its defense export policy on Yemen and will now consider applications for licenses to export lethal defense articles to Yemen. The July 3, 2012 Federal Register notice updates the US International Traffic in Arms Regulations (I ...
  • Yemen’s Al-Qaeda booby traps southern ci ...
    Several children were among 25 people killed by land mines planted as al Qaeda fled Yemen’s southern province of Abyan, the Yemen Executive Mine Action Center (YEMAC) said on Sunday. Reporting to Abyan’s governor, the YEMAC said it had cleared or exploded over 2100 shells and mines since June 13 ...
  • Yemen’s al Qaeda threatens to execute 73 hostages
    Al Qaeda in Yemen threatened to execute 73 captured Yemeni soldiers unless the terror group’s imprisoned comrades are released. “Executing prisoners is a serious violation of the laws of war and a war crime,” Human Rights Watch said in a statement today. “It is also a war crime to use detainees ...

Dark Politricks

  • More Baghdad Bloodshed: 42 Killed, 62 Wounded
    Dark Politricks Feed View the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comMore Baghdad Bloodshed: 42 Killed, 62 Wounded Antiwar.comMargaret Griffis In Baghdad, a suicide bomber entered a pool hall at a mall in Amiriya where he killed 27 people and wounded 50 others. At least two of the dead we ...
  • Texas fertilizer plant explosion has devastati ...
    Dark Politricks Feed View the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comTexas fertilizer plant explosion has devastating effects on small town Raw StoryBy Tom Dart, The Guardian   Rescue workers were on Thursday night picking through the devastation caused by an explosion at a Texas fer ...
  • Kane Lays the Smackdown on the National Intern ...
    Dark Politricks Feed View the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comIn case you missed it, here is professional wrestler and liberty movement activist, Glenn “Kane” Jacobs discussing the National Internet Tax Mandate with talk-show host Jerry Doyle. Mr. Jacobs and Doyle also ...
  • ‘Carbon bubble’ leading to another financial c ...
    Dark Politricks Feed View the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comCarbon bubble leading to another financial crisis, economists warn Raw StoryBy Damian Carrington, The Guardian   The world could be heading for a major economic crisis as stock markets inflate an investment bubble i ...
  • The Funeral of Lady Thatcher
    Dark Politricks Feed View the latest alternative news at DarkPolitricks.comThe Funeral of Lady Thatcher By Michael ShrimptonThursday, April 18th, 2013 The Funeral of Lady Thatcher — I am sure many American’s will have wondered why this greatest of all stateswomen was not honored wit ...

Dandelion Salad

  • Great Political Movies You May Have Overlooked ...
    by Rocket Kirchner Writer, Dandelion Salad Rocket Kirchner (blog) Rocket Kirchner (youtube channel) April 15, 2013 1. Metropolis. Fritz Lang’s 1927 German Expressionistic futuristic masterpiece. The Commies loved it. The Nazis loved it. Both the religious and secularists loved it. One wild ...
  • Thatcher Gets Funeral Fit For A Dictator by Fi ...
    by Finian Cunningham Writer, Dandelion Salad East Africa Crossposted from PressTV April 17, 2013 The funeral for former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher takes place today in London with full military honors. Not since Sir Winston Churchill, the famous Second World War leader, has the Bri ...
  • Explosions At Boston Marathon
    Dandelion Salad My condolences to the families of those killed and all who have been injured. RussiaToday – Apr 15, 2013  At least two people are dead following a pair of explosions in Boston, Massachusetts where thousands of runners are participating in the annual Boston Marathon. Local m ...
  • Sweatshops on Wheels by Chris Hedges
    by Chris Hedges Writer, Dandelion Salad Truthdig April 15, 2013 WASHINGTON, D.C.—The deterioration of the nation’s public transportation, like the deterioration of health care, education, social services, public utilities, bridges and roads, is part of the relentless seizing and harvesting of pu ...
  • The Propaganda System That Has Helped Create a ...
    by Andrew Gavin Marshall Writer, Dandelion Salad http://andrewgavinmarshall.com Originally posted at AlterNet April 14, 2013 Pulling back the curtain on how intent the wealthiest Americans have been on establishing a propaganda tool to subvert democracy. Where there is the possibility of democra ...

Your New Reality

  • No title
    Only A Few Weeks Ago, Rupert Murdoch Was Still King Of The World A glimpse at life before the hacking scandal, from the UK Independent : It was only a few weeks ago that Rupert, his son James, daughter Elisabeth and Rebekah Brooks were the talk of the town; hailed as the king-makers to the pol ...
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    Julian Assange, 2012: They've ranked him amongst war criminals....for exposing war criminals.
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    This man's brain comprehends in a fraction of a second what is about to happen, and orders his body into what looks like a superhuman sprint to get out of the way. The flight mechanism kicks in so fast the conscious mind, distracted by thoughts of work, home, leisure and love, plays no role in t ...
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    Tupac Rises Well, fuck me.... From even a few dozen rows back, reportedly, the hologram of Tupac was utterly believable. How long before a Michael Jackson hologram culled from his greatest live performances is touring the world's stadiums? I've been waiting decades to see holographic tech ...
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    Hypnotic, grin-making. A house filled with interactive reproductions of classic art, coming soon: Starry Night (interactive animation) from Petros Vrellis on Vimeo.

Wired - Science

  • Wired Space Photo of the Day: X-Ray View of An ...
    A long Chandra observation reveals SN 1006 supernova remnant in exquisite detail. By overlapping ten different pointings of Chandra's field-of-view, astronomers have stitched together a cosmic tapestry of the debris field that was created when a white dwarf star exploded, ...
  • 3 New Exoplanets Might Have Right Temperature ...
    Scientists are reporting a bounty of new worlds that may be capable of sustaining life, with the discovery of three exoplanets slightly larger than Earth orbiting within their stars’ habitable zone.
  • Shark-Stalking Robot Will Spy on Mysterious Oc ...
    This summer, a new underwater robot will start tracking some of the ocean's top predators -- including great white sharks -- to learn more about their habits.
  • ‘Living Fossil’ Fish Gets Its Genome Sequenced
    The coelacanth isn't called a "living fossil" for nothing. The 2-meter-long, 90 kg fish was thought to have gone extinct 70 million years ago—until a fisherman caught one in 1938—and the animal looks a lot like its fossil ancestors dating ...
  • Sea Lion Pupdate: Strandings May Be Ebbing
    Since January, nearly 1,300 starving sea lion pups have been brought into Southern California's rehab facilities -- about 5.5 times more than the historical average. But in the last week, the rate of pup strandings has decreased.

Israeli Occupation Archive

  • The Invention of the Land of Israel by Shlomo ...
    The “Land of Israel” is barely mentioned in the Old Testament: the more common expression is the Land of Canaan. When it is mentioned, it does not include Jerusalem, Hebron, or Bethlehem. Biblical... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lan ...
  • Amira Hass discusses her article defending Pal ...
    Journalist Amira Hass drew heavy criticism from Israeli media about her op-ed in last week defending the right of Palestinians to throw stones, and was accused of incitement to violence by the Yesha... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian l ...
  • APJP: Petition to Eduardo Souto de Moura to re ...
    [W]e were saddened to hear that you have been awarded the 2013 Israeli Wolf Prize for Architecture, not because you are not deserving of such awards, but that it is being offered to you by the... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands, ...
  • WikiLeaks: US blamed Israel for peace delay in ...
    US diplomats: "Before talking about extermination, and before allowing either the Masada or the Samson complex to progress to obsession, the Israelis might usefully examine their own position and... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian land ...
  • Warsaw Ghetto fighter to Israeli youth: Rise u ...
    Statements challenging the national narrative aren’t exactly common in Israel on Holocaust Remembrance Day. So it was particularly refreshing to read ... about a different sort of speech delivered in... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian ...

Ria Novosti - Military

  • China Unveils Yi Long UAV
    China has unveiled for the first time its Yi Long unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) local media reported on Wednesday, which its makers claim is far cheaper than its Israeli and American analogs at less than $1 million.
  • Airshow China 2012
  • Iraq Denies US Pressure Over Russia Arms Deal
    Iraq denied on Tuesday that its decision to suspend a $4.2-billion arms deal with Russia had been taken after consultations with the United States.
  • Military Academy Relocation Put on Ice
    Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has put on hold the relocation of a medical academy from central St. Petersburg, Public Chamber member Alexander Kanshin said on Tuesday.
  • Georgia Ex-Minister Faces Torture Charges
    Georgia’s former defense and interior minister Bacho Akhalaya has been charged with false imprisonment and torture, Chief Prosecutor Archil Kbilashvili said on Tuesday.

NewsWise

  • Phosphate-Binding Drug Does Not Improve Heart ...
    * The phosphate binder sevelamer carbonate did not improve cardiovascular measures in patients with early chronic kidney disease. * For now, reducing dietary intake of phosphate may be the best way for these patients to reduce the mineral's negative effects on the heart. High phosphate leve ...
  • Slow Walking Speed Linked with Premature Death ...
    * In patients with chronic kidney disease, measures of lower extremity performance were at least 30% lower than predicted, but handgrip strength was relatively preserved. * Each 0.1-meter per second slower walking speed was linked with a 26% higher risk for death over an average three-year fol ...
  • Superstorm Sandy Shook the U.S.
    When superstorm Sandy turned and took aim at New York City and Long Island last October, ocean waves hitting each other and the shore rattled the seafloor and much of the United States - shaking detected by seismometers across the country, University of Utah researchers found.
  • Grid Cells Operate Differently in Different Sp ...
    A new study co-authored by Boston University Professor of Psychology Michael Hasselmo investigates the function of grid cells by comparing the resonance properties of neurons in rats and bats.
  • Immigration Historian: Reform Will Happen, Pat ...
    American University history professor Alan Kraut says "a lot of interests are being hurt by the current system."

Natural Health News

  • The Evolution of Bird Flu and the Race to Keep Up
    Bird Flu, or H5N1, doesn't spread easily among humans, but its capability of mutating has scientists worrying whether it could mutate enough to cause a human pandemic. The controversy is especially heated since it was announced that a group of researchers had figured out how to manipulate the vi ...
  • 2009 Swine Flu Outbreak Was 15 Times Deadlier: ...
    A new study based on computer statistical models shows that the swine flu of 2009 killed 284,500 people, or 15 times more than health officials originally estimated.
  • NY Law Gives Women More Information about Mamm ...
    A New York state law that has yet to be signed by the governor would mandate that women be given information on their breast density.
  • Common Diabetes Drugs Associated with Increase ...
    A new analysis introduced to the most recent meeting of the Endocrine Society shows that three widely used drugs for diabetes are associated with an increased risk of death.
  • Study Says More Vitamin D = Less Lbs
    If you're a woman over age 65 and you're deficient in vitamin D, research shows that you're probably more likely not only to weigh more, but to gain more weight.

Climategate

  • Dean of science…suggesting rising seas t…
    Dean of science…suggesting rising seas this next century of up to 100 metres, or Al Gore six metres. When I see things like that I know these are false. You mentioned the IPCC report; that suggests, at worst on best scenarios, 59 centimetres. http://www.google.com
  • ABC science presenter Robyn Williams seeks mor ...
    ABC science presenter Robyn Williams who in 2007 believed seas could rise 100 meters, seeks more truth from scientists after Climategate.
  • How to avoid your own Climategate scandal
    What are the lessons of Climategate? More honesty and transparency in science? Not according to attorney Alan Nelson in the Guardian UK today.  To him, the lesson is how not to get caught next time. So how do universities and academics ensure that their correspondence does not become the “ ...
  • What is the “likelihood” that the 2007 IPCC Re ...
    A very interesting analysis of the IPPC Assessment and has some important questions that invite others to help him answer. Please read his article and let him know what conclusions you draw.
  • Schools call for a “balanced teaching of globa ...
    USA Today reports that US schools are finally calling for both sides of global warming to be taught, because it is after all, a theory -- not a fact:

Opinio Juris

  • Kiobel Insta-Symposium: What Remains of the ATS?
    by Marty Lederman by Marty Lederman At first glance, the Court’s decision in Kiobel appears to portend a significant restriction on Alien Tort Statute jurisdiction—even for suits that allege torture, genocide, or another of what the Court in Sosa called the “modest number of international law ...
  • Kiobel Insta-Symposium Insta-Roundup
    by An Hertogen by An Hertogen With the steady stream of posts on Kiobel in the past 24 hours, you may have lost track of it all. So here is a little insta-roudup with links to all the posts we’ve had so far (there’ll be more in the regular roundup on Saturday). To start, you can fi ...
  • Kiobel Insta-Symposium: After Kiobel: Human Ri ...
    by Chris Whytock [Christopher A. Whytock is a Professor of Law and Political Science at UC Irvine School of Law] I do not think the Court’s opinion in Kiobel means that ATS litigation in federal courts is going away any time soon. First, make no mistake, the “presumption against extraterritori ...
  • Kiobel Insta-Symposium: A Tale of Two Presumptions
    by Alex Mills [Dr. Alex Mills is a Lecturer in the Faculty of Laws at University College London.] Although the Kiobel Court finds unanimously for the respondents, it is nevertheless predictably split (between the opinion of the Court, written by Chief Justice Roberts, and the concurrence led b ...
  • Kiobel Insta-Symposium: The Impact of Kiobel o ...
    by Mike Koehler [Mike Koehler is an Assistant Professor of Law at Southern Illinois University School of Law and the author of the FCPA Professor website. This contribution is cross-posted on Professor Koehler’s site.] Yesterday, the Supreme Court released its long-awaited opinion in Kiobel v. ...

Public News Service

  • AZ Border Groups Say “Gang of Eight&#822 ...
    AZ Border Groups Say “Gang of Eight” Bill Promising PHOENIX – Immigrant rights advocates in Arizona say there's a lot to like about the so-called Gang of Eight immigration reform proposal, but also several areas for concern. Tucson immigration attorney Mo Goldman calls the me ...
  • Helping AZ Children Feel Safe After Boston Tragedy
    Helping AZ Children Feel Safe After Boston Tragedy PHOENIX - In the wake of the Boston tragedy, parents are being reminded how such events can emotionally traumatize young children. The images and stories splashed everywhere can have a negative impact on a child's well-being, said psychologist ...
  • Colorado Named America’s "Most Endangere ...
    Colorado Named America’s "Most Endangered" River PHOENIX - The Colorado River, which shrinks to a trickle near Yuma before reaching the sea, is the nation's most-endangered river, according to an annual report from American Rivers. Demand for its water now exceeds supply, and the situation ...
  • GYT (Get Yourself Tested) During STD Awareness ...
    GYT (Get Yourself Tested) During STD Awareness Month PHOENIX - This is STD Awareness Month and, for the fifth year, MTV, the Kaiser Family Foundation, Planned Parenthood and the Centers for Disease Control are partnering in the GYT Campaign - "Get Yourself Talking, Get Yourself Tested." Accord ...
  • Tax Professional Has Last-Minute Advice for Pr ...
    Tax Professional Has Last-Minute Advice for Procrastinators PHOENIX - For some people, this will be a busy day, gathering all the stuff they need to file their taxes. The deadline is midnight, and for Arizonans who waited until the last minute, it's often a mad dash to pull the appropriate docum ...

Center for Food Safety

  • Center for Food Safety Denounces Dangerous “Bi ...
    Center calls rider “corporate welfare” for Monsanto and other biotech companies The Center for Food Safety (CFS) condemns the inclusion of a dangerous corporate earmark, the “biotech rider,” in the Continuing Resolution (CR) passed today on the Senate floor.  The rider undermines the federal cou ...
  • Top grocery stores: We won’t sell genetically ...
    Trader Joe’s, Aldi, Whole Foods, Marsh among stores that will reject GE fish A coalition of consumer, health, food safety and fishing groups today launched the “Campaign for Genetically Engineered (GE)-Free Seafood” by announcing that several major grocery retailers representing more than 2,000 ...
  • New Publication: Food Safety Review on Genetic ...
    The Center for Food Safety has just released a new short Food Safety Review report, Genetically Engineered Salmon: The Next Generation of Industrial Aquaculture. Download your copy today! Filed under: Aquaculture, GE Food
  • New Infographic Shows Nutritional Differences ...
    What’s the nutritional difference between AquAdvantage genetically engineered (GE) salmon and non-GE salmon? Check out our new “Nutrition Facts” infographic to find out! Download a printable version and use them to talk to your local restaurants and seafood sellers. Filed under: GE Food
  • New Publication: Food Safety Review on Genetic ...
    The Center for Food Safety has just released a new short Food Safety Review report, Genetically Engineered Salmon: The Next Generation of Industrial Aquaculture. Download your copy today! Filed under: Aquaculture, GE Food

Angry Indian Op-Eds

  • Mortgage Repayment Calculator and Extra Mortga ...
    On the average, the typical mortgage can last from 15 to 30 years. Most of the repayments made for these mortgages go to the interest of the loan. It will only be after a couple of years before the payments actually affect the principal amount of the loan. If you’re looking for a quicker way to ...
  • Thinking About a Loan? Try a Reverse Mortgage ...
    Home Equity Conversion Mortgages (HECMs) remain popular with seniors interested in making the most of their home equity during retirement. While many of the requirements necessary to qualify for an HECM are clear, others are somewhat hazy. Seniors who are interested in these loans often wonder i ...
  • Advantages of Tankless Water Heaters
    How typically did you are taking a shower and also the water began to run cold before you were finished? do not you hate that? With a standard warmer this is often invariably a haul. And if another person needs to use predicament when you, simply forget it! shopping for a warmer with a humble pl ...
  • REAL ESTATE MARKET CALIFORNIA
    California real estate market trends, while having their own changes periodically, tide, remain more in sync with the current market across the nation and many people might not even think to buy a house now given the real estate market and the state of california things to buy. California real ...
  • LONDON PROPERTY AGENCIES
    If you are thinking of buying property in London is important to use all the resources available to you. Check out every Estate Agent in London as well as the local press for private property advertising. A search for "Estate Agents London" or "Agent Real London" on Google or MSN should prov ...

Pensieve

  • Reduce Entropy: Create New Order
    The following is a brief meditation with echoes of Genesis 1 and the Big Bang. It came to me when thinking about the current US strategy against in the “war on terror” and North Korea. We can fight chaos, but chaos will beat us down with the full force of mathematics and of the entir ...
  • Amanda Palmer, Bravo!
    I admire how brave Amanda Palmer is. I haven’t heard her music, but I have a strong feeling that the ways she conducts her finances will be the way of the future for most musicians. Related posts: Monster Mask – Pomplamoose Pomplamoose is a collaboration between Jack Conte and Natal ...
  • Escape your demons and make art now!
    Often I am frustrated by my feeble attempts at art. My music is good, but perhaps, not grammy worthy. I look in envy on musicians with more pluck than I building successful carrers on easily performed songs, plus the sheer daring of getting on a stage and performing them. In their place I would ...
  • Hooray for Disney-Pixar!
    I just saw Disney’s new animated film, Wreck it Ralph. I read that Disney and Pixar’s chief creative officer, John Lasseter gave the film’s director Rich Moore complete freedom, telling him not to make a “quote-unquote, ‘Disney’ film“. The result is very ...
  • The Drug War, explained
    The war on drugs is raining bullets on the poorest countries of in the American continent, and on Mexico. It is hard to describe just how much impact this billion-dollar business in drugs and weapons is having on the people of Latin America. But the people responsible are not just the cartels, t ...

Green Times

  • Kangaroo cull
    Last week, members of animal welfare groups protested against kangaroo cull! ''A recent survey of 600 Canberrans by Territory and Municipal Services found 79 per cent were supportive of kangaroo culling under some circumstances and 70 per cent were supportive of culling for conservation of smal ...
  • Environmental News 01/06/2012
    Environmental News You Shouldn't Miss Storms hit ahead of sunny long weekend The last day of autumn may have stolen winter’s thunder with a wet storm hitting the city yesterday afternoon. Dark skies covered the metropolitan area and much of the South West from mid-afternoon, with rain an ...
  • Green Capital Australia
    Today is Green Capital Day in Australia. Do you know something about that? Well, Green capital was established in 2002 by The Total Environment Center (http://www.google.com/url?sa=t rct=j q=the%20total%20environment%20center source=web cd=1 ved=0CF4QFjAA url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tec.org.au%2F ei=G ...
  • Environmental News 31/05/2012
    Environmental News You Shouldn't Miss Premier's park hunting backdown the price of power sale National parks in NSW will be opened up to recreational hunters as part of a deal between the Shooters and Fishers Party and the government to ensure passage of its electricity privatisation bill ...
  • Giraffe: A delicate animal that requires speci ...
    Last week, The Age website (http://www.theage.com.au/environment/conservation/giraffes-die-of-shock-after-zoo-rampage-20120515-1ynlq.html) published an article about 2 Giraffes' death from stress after a zoo rampage in Poland. Here you have an extract from this moving article: « Giraffes are ex ...

The Briefing Room | Investigate

Israel-The Only Democracy in the Middle East?

  • Just One More Unremarkable Arrest
    A friend wrote to us about a young ill Palestinian mother who was recently arrested in the West Bank, and their efforts to free her. This is the kind of ocurrence that happens routinely, yet is rarely covered in the press.  Physicians for Human Rights-Israel documented in 2008 how these kinds of ...
  • Today in Jayyous
    A picture of tear gas being shot by the Israeli army on unarmed protesters in the Palestinian village of Jayyous, who are holding Friday demonstrations to protest their land being taken by Israel. Photo by Mohammed Othman. You can follow what’s happening in Jayyous here.
  • Israeli Voters Upset with Bibi – But wil ...
    Over the past couple of months, there seems to have developed growing disconnect between most of Israel’s political analysts – and the actual dynamics of the campaign for Israel’s general elections, which will take place in only 3 days. In October when the election was announc ...
  • Israeli Elections: Labor party leader pays ste ...
    As events in Egypt, Syria and Palestine heat up… …The nation-state in the middle of all this, Israel, has had its own share of high political drama. True, instead of blood, only tears and virtual ink were shed there. But as usual in Israel-Palestine, it makes for a good story. Earlie ...
  • Gaza Ceasefire: Giving Thanks to President Obama
    There is a ceasefire in Gaza. It remains to be seen if and when the promise to open Gaza to normal civilian movement, laconically stated in the ceasefire agreement, will be fulfilled. On Friday, less than 48 hours after its enactment, the first bad sign appeared. In at least two locations near t ...

Politics in the Zeros

  • Social Distortion at Coachella 2013
    Orange County punk bands generally have a seriously hard edge of barely controlled mayhem and Social Distortion is no exception. “Mommy’s Little Monster” has always been one of my favorites. It’s a sneering putdown of suburban loser kids and humorous in its own dark way. ...
  • FBI releases photos of Boston bombing suspects
    The FBI emphasizes that these and only these photos should be used for identification of the Boston bombing suspects and to call law enforcement if you think you’ve spotted them. Do not approach them. Suspect One put a backpack very close to where one of the bombs went off. FBI photos Ti ...
  • Muslim Brotherhood called Eqypt’s master race, ...
    Credit: Times of Israel Egypt Government can’t take jokes, goes all fascistic on comic mocking Muslim Brotherhood Declaration of Support. Seriously. In Cairo on April 12, the TV anchor on the Al-Bernameg show looked straight into the camera and said: “I hereby declare my total support of all th ...
  • Small Bitcoin exchanges are shutting down, ban ...
    Comment on Zero Hedge In yet another sign that Bitcoin is circling the drain, small exchanges like Bitfloor are shutting down, saying their bank accounts were closed. It’s unclear at this point if the bank accounts closings were voluntary. Primary Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox is having severe ...
  • Google Glass, disruptive technology, released ...
    Tech journalist Robert Scoble loves Google Glass because it makes taking videos and photos much easier and more natural. This is just one example of how Glass is disruptive technology that will change many things, including journalism. As a photographer I’m already in love with Google Gl ...

Coteret

  • Yediot’s Plocker: Thank you Mossad for r ...
    On Sunday (January 9 2011), Yediot’s Itamar Eichner reported [emphasis mine; full translation here]: Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is furious with outgoing Mossad Director Meir Dagan because of the briefing Dagan gave journalists last Thursday. In the course of that briefing, Dagan sha ...
  • “Rejectionist front”: Maariv detai ...
    As Israel’s diplomatic position erodes and the Palestinian Authority’s campaign for the unilateral recognition of a state in the 1967 borders gains ground, the demand for “direct negotiations” has become a central talking point of  Israeli government spokespeople. Here&#8 ...
  • New Yorker editor David Remnick to Yediot: &#8 ...
    On December 24 2010, Yediot’s Friday Political Supplement ran an interview with New Yorker editor David Remnick by Adi Gold. Most of the interview was dedicated to his new biography of Barack Obama. Gold did ask a political question on Israel and Reminck’s response was very blunt. No ...
  • Breaking the Silence’s landmark new book ...
    Breaking the Silence has just published a landmark collection of soldier testimonies from the Occupied Territories spanning the period 2000-2010. The 432 page book can now be browsed, downloaded and embedded here. If you read nothing else, take the time to look over the first to pages of the int ...
  • Following local pressure, Adidas reconsiders s ...
    This Maariv article [full translation below] from Friday is particularly badly written and repetitive, so I’ll summarize. Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat decides to hold the first Jerusalem International Marathon in March 2011. He gets Adidas to sponsor the event. An Israeli runner registers an ...

Deadline Live

  • One Boston Marathon Suspect Dead, Other at Large
    The Boston Marathon bombing suspects—armed with guns and explosives—battled law enforcement officers in a Boston suburb early Friday morning, unleashing chaos until cops took one of the men into custody, law enforcement sources said. The other suspect is at large and considered armed and dangero ...
  • Breaking News: MIT campus police officer shot
    CAMBRIDGE, Mass. —An MIT police officer was shot late Thursday evening, the police chief confirmed to NewsCenter 5′s Kimberly Bookman. The shooting happened around 10:30 pm near Building 32 (Stata), which is currently surrounded by responding agencies. The area is cordoned off. Read more: ...
  • The Jack Blood Show – April 18 2013
    THORSDAY – 4.18.13: Jack Blood offers continued coverage of the Boston Bombings, Elvis Ricin, the West,TX Fert explosion and other news from www.deadlinelive.info
  • INTERNET FASCISM; CISPA Cyber Security Bill Pa ...
    Have we been sufficiently distracted by the Boston Bombings to allow CISPA to be pushed through? This reminds of the passing of the US PATRIOT Act… certain politicians opposed received anthrax letters (now ricin letters) other politicians died in plane crashes (Paul Wellstone).   2013 ...
  • Mass Casualty Drill On Same Day As Waco Explosion
    North Hills Hospital is proud to be hosting one of the largest emergency preparedness drills ever held in the state of Texas this week. We will be partnering with the North Central Texas Trauma Regional Advisory Council (NCTTRAC) and first responders from throughout North Texas to test our equip ...

The Air Vent

  • The State of Paleoclimate Understanding
    In the huge amount of justified complaints made here about what I think of paleo-reconstructions, one detail is probably lost in the chaff. I really wish I knew what historic temperatures were.  You can’t read that much paleoclimate information and not want to know.   Steve McIntyre clearl ...
  • The State of Paleoclimate Understanding
    In the huge amount of justified complaints made here about what I think of paleo-reconstructions, one detail is probably lost in the chaff. I really wish I knew what historic temperatures were.  You can’t read that much paleoclimate information and not want to know.   Steve McIntyre clearl ...
  • Happy Feet – Filtermatics
    Something interesting at WUWT happened today.  This isn’t a typical issue as of late and requires a bit of math skill.   A post by Willis Eschenbach brought up some old memories of days where skeptic blogs like this one, were math centric.  Fortunately the math which Willis discusses this ...
  • Happy Feet – Filtermatics
    Something interesting at WUWT happened today.  This isn’t a typical issue as of late and requires a bit of math skill.   A post by Willis Eschenbach brought up some old memories of days where skeptic blogs like this one, were math centric.  Fortunately the math which Willis discusses this ...
  • Cryosphere – Sea Ice Video
    I wanted to see the 2012 ice loss in the Arctic so I updated the video’s.    The first video is full length, the second is just a clip of more recent years.   I repeated the result for the Antarctic which has seen increases in sea ice. . . .

Focal Point

  • Spencer Soper Wins Sidney Award for Exposing B ...
    Business reporter Spencer Soper of The Morning Call has won the October Sidney Award from the Sidney Hillman foundation for his expose of Dickensian conditions in Amazon.com's warehouse in Pennsylvania. Temperatures inside the "fulfillment center" soared to over 100 degrees over the summ ...
  • Spencer Soper Wins Sidney Award for Exposing B ...
    Business reporter Spencer Soper of The Morning Call has won the October Sidney Award from the Sidney Hillman foundation for his expose of Dickensian conditions in Amazon.com's warehouse in Pennsylvania. Temperatures inside the "fulfillment center" soared to over 100 degrees over the summer ...
  • Spencer Soper Wins Sidney Award for Exposing B ...
    Business reporter Spencer Soper of The Morning Call has won the October Sidney Award from the Sidney Hillman foundation for his expose of Dickensian conditions in Amazon.com's warehouse in Pennsylvania. Temperatures inside the "fulfillment center" soared to over 100 degrees over the summer ...
  • Bachmann's Anti-Vaccine Rhetoric is Bad Scienc ...
    Hey, Michele Bachmann, you know who was really, really pro-vaccination? The Founding Fathers. Read all about it in my new article at The Nation. George Washington argued for mandatory inoculation of citizens against smallpox and mandated the inoculation of the Continental Army, under the ...
  • Bachmann's Anti-Vaccine Rhetoric is Bad Scienc ...
    Hey, Michele Bachmann, you know who was really, really pro-vaccination? The Founding Fathers. Read all about it in my new article at The Nation. George Washington argued for mandatory inoculation of citizens against smallpox and mandated the inoculation of the Continental Army, under the . ...

Inside Facebook

  • Facebook brings Promoted Posts to mobile, test ...
    Facebook has brought its Promoted Posts feature for pages to its mobile apps for iOS and Android, as well as m.facebook.com. At the same time, the company has begun testing different targeting options for page owners...
  • I Drive Safely, Dafiti, The Lifeline Program a ...
    I Drive Safely is this week’s top gainer in the People Talking About This Metric for product and service pages. The page has seen almost one million total engagements over the week, with only 117,000 total Likes....
  • Facebook announces new mobile platform feature ...
    Facebook today announced a number of changes meant to improve the experience and increase the possibilities for mobile developers building apps that integrate with the social network. This includes new Open Graph APIs, a standard mobile...
  • Platform industry update: Wildfire, ShopIgnite ...
    Wildfire, the social media marketing platform owned by Google, announced Tuesday that it is shutting down its self-serve Promotion Builder product. The company will instead offer promotions solely as part of its Social Marketing Suite for...
  • Facebook now supports cost-per-action pricing ...
    Facebook is today launching cost-per-action ads for certain actions through the Ads API, a company spokesperson tells us. This pricing model lets advertisers define the action that is most important to them and set a maximum...

National Geographic | Environment

Jurist - Legal Research

  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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

COAT - Coalition to oppose the Arms Trade

Expose the BNP

  • Expose the BNP: activists’ meeting
    Over the summer we have seen the extreme right enter parliament in Sweden and racist deportations of Roma people from France. Here at home the EDL have continued to target cities with Muslim communities, while the police are bringing trumped-up charges against anti-fascists. November 6 sees a na ...
  • Rotherham fascist leads secret double life
    A BNP activist is living a secret double life, desperate to prevent his employers from finding out about his extremist views – despite having stood as a candidate in last month’s election. Tom Holmes (25) received 715 votes in the recent elections for Rotherham Council but has managed to keep hi ...
  • Nick Griffin humiliated in Barking defeat
    The British National Party have suffered a humiliating defeat in the general election when Nick Griffin failed to gain a Westminster seat for the East London ward of Barking. Labour MP Margaret Hodge secured the seat with a 16,000 majority, with Griffin trailing third after the Conservative cand ...
  • Ten questions that expose Nick Griffin
    On the day that the BNP launches its election manifesto, Expose the BNP has researched 10 questions for journalists to put to the BNP leader, the answers to which reveal him to be a deeply racist, anti-Semitic Holocaust denier who boasts about his criminal past. 1. In which year did you stop den ...
  • Workshy Griffin left his parents penniless
    On yesterday’s Today programme, BNP leader Nick Griffin told the Radio Four audience that “Liberal economics … have utterly bankrupted this country.” The truth is that Nick Griffin was himself declared bankrupt in 1991. Over several years thereafter he destroyed his parents’ finances as we ...

Ode Magazine

  • Sonic boon
    A search for the healing power of sound I’m lying in A bed that’s as hard as nails with a series of strings along the sides and two gongs above my head. It’s known as a gong bath, and Gwen de Jong, a practitioner of sound healing at Spirit Connection in Amsterdam ...
  • The secret’s in the sauce
    What my father’s recipe for pasta marinara says about the future of capitalism As the daughter of a Neapolitan, I grew up eating pasta with marinara sauce. My father didn’t always make it from scratch, but he did so often enough for me to follow his recipe through memories. Fr ...
  • Clean water, clean energy
    In the prosperous West, we generally only get worked up about clean water and electricity when the bill arrives in the mail, and we discover that once again, we’ve been showering too long and leaving the lights on too often. But in many parts of the world, people can only dream ...
  • Blocking CO2 to beat malaria
    Mosquitoes are so difficult to elude because they pursue us via the CO2 exhaled in our breath. That’s annoying when we’re relaxing outside on a summer evening, but it’s devastating for the 200 to 300 million people who contract malaria annually. More than 1 millio ...
  • A winter’s tale
    Celebrating the return of the bald eagle In the Iowa winter, as the poet Robert Hass wrote, “a farmer’s dreams are narrow,” and autumn can inspire me with a kind of dread as I work in the garden that will soon be buried under snow. But this coming winter, as the ...

OpEd News

  • Breaking: Boston Marathon Suspects in Shootout ...
    Breaking two suspects face off with poiice, use more bombs, one suspect killed, one still on loose after creating a warzone-like firefight in Waterbury MA
  • Bush and Obama: Dangerous Narcissists
    Canadian psychiatrist Robert Hare analyzes psychopathic behavior. He does so clinically. He believes about 1% of the general population is insane. So are 10% of Wall Street employees, he says.
  • Palestinian Prisoners Day
    On April 17, Palestinians commemorate Prisoners Day. They do so annually. They've done it since 1979. It marks Mahmoud Hijazi's release. Israel freed him in its first ever prisoner swap.
  • At Boston Interfaith Service, Obama Calls for ...
    President Obama and other speakers at Monday's interfaith service, rose to the occasion to inspire the nation. In contrast, some conservative media outlets rushed to judgments that were irresponsible and damaging to the innocent. It is better that we end this week lifted by the power of faith, n ...
  • Time for a Sales Tax on Wall Street
    Despite all the lasting harm caused by the casino capitalists, the big banks are now bigger, richer and more powerful than they were when they were bailed out in late 2008. The only ones who were punished were the U.S. taxpayers, who footed the $600 billion bill for the excesses of Wall Street. ...

Switchboard

  • Victory for Free Speech in Sanford, NY
    Kate Sinding, Senior Attorney, New York City The residents of Sanford, NY claimed a victory when their Town Board passed a resolution rescinding a seven-month-old gag order on citizens’ ability to talk about fracking.  As a result, the pe ...
  • President Obama's Budget Request for Internati ...
    Jake Schmidt, International Climate Policy Director, Washington, DC Under the Obama Administration, the United States has invested internationally in addressing climate change. These investments have helped developing countries speed up the deployme ...
  • Pebble Mine: Check out our ad in the London Fi ...
    Taryn Kiekow, Staff Attorney, Marine Mammal Protection Project, Santa Monica, California NRDC Western Director Joel Reynolds joined a coalition of Alaska Native leaders in London this week to meet with the new CEO of Rio Tinto, speak at the Rio Tint ...
  • Chicago River Re-Reversal: A Nasty Reminder of ...
    Josh Mogerman, Deputy Director, National Media, Chicago As I laid out buckets to catch the water dripping down from the ceiling in my new home last night and wet-vacced water out of my soggy basement where it had come through a drain, I though ...
  • Superbugs on your meat: why FDA can't even fei ...
    Sasha Lyutse, Policy Analyst, New York If a federal agency willfully buries its head in the sand, what will it take to pull it out? As I discussed here, sampling of ground turkey, pork chops and ground beef in U.S. supermarkets, conducted jointly b ...

Lawyers,Guns,& Money

  • Turn Grozny to Rubble!
    Questions: Are Chechens white? Asking for a friend. Will the United States ever cease its strong support for Russian imperialism in the Caucasus?
  • “By Character, Of Course, We Mean &#8216 ...
    The most pathetic thing about this story was that the principal really seemed to think that if he called up Wellesley and informed them that his student had sassed back about his wingnut reeducation rally they would immediately withdraw her acceptance. I mean, at least keep your narratives about ...
  • And Now, M.I.T.
    And Watertown. This week sucks. I want a new one. Or, as The Onion would put it. …I’m reluctant to link, given the amount of false reporting there’s been, but since the Globe has earned some credibility…one of the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings is apparently in ...
  • Zoning and Nuisance Industries
    One of the fundamental questions about the West, Texas fertilizer plant explosion is why a fertilizer plant was located right in a town, with a nursing home, middle school, and homes close enough to be destroyed if the plant blew up. Fertilizer plants are a ticking time bomb. We don’t know ...
  • Not A Newspaper, A Social Menace
    The editors of the New York Post, the worst people in the world of journamalism. …Waldman’s point about the general worthlessness of “scoops” in this kind of context is also important, although the obsession with scoops is magnified through the racist and incompetent lens ...

Desert Research Institute

  • KC King, Apr. 2013 Featured DRI Graduate Student
    Meet Kristen "KC" King, a Ph.D. student in the atmospheric sciences program.  She is a part of the EPSCoR Climate Change project, on the climate modeling team, and interested in climate models’ ability to correctly forecast teleconnections seen in the western U.S. in temperature and precipitatio ...
  • DRI world-renowned water expertise to support ...
    Funding was approved Tuesday by Nevada’s Board of Examiners for the state’s first Center of Excellence (COE). Under the contract, the Nevada System of Higher Education (DRI serving as the lead), the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation, the Governor's Office of Economic Developm ...
  • DRI world-renowned water expertise to support ...
    A new joint contract between the Nevada System of Higher Education (DRI serving as the lead), the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation, the Governor's Office of Economic Development and IBM will support innovation and economic development.
  • DRI world-renowned water expertise to support ...
    Funding was approved Tuesday by Nevada’s Board of Examiners for the state’s first Center of Excellence (COE). Under the contract, the Nevada System of Higher Education (DRI serving as the lead), the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation, the Governor's Office of Economic Developm ...
  • DRI tasked as technical lead to implement Reno ...
    This morning a team of IBM experts from around the world, who have been leading Reno’s Smarter Cities Challenge for the last three weeks, presented their recommendations to the region’s political, educational and business leadership.

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