Tuesday, April 23, 2013

23 April - iGoogle

Cades Cove

Transferring CIA Drone Strikes to the Pentagon (  CFR proposal )



Breaking the Addiction to Incarceration: Weekly Highlights (04/19/2013)
 
 
Americans ‘snapping’ by the millions
 

Moving Out And Buying In: Single Ladies Emerge As Homeowners
Redford: An Entertainer Who Looks To Inform
 
Government hurries debate on anti-terrorism bill
( PATRIOT Act North has LiberalTM  support, NDP Opposition )
Canadians react to RCMP terror plot takedown
( And its timing )

Another preliminary hearing in case of US soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan ... - Calgary Herald ( the problem of  government terrorism : what was his Mission ? )

Data spies hunt industrial secrets
State-sponsored industrial espionage became a bigger cyber-threat to companies in 2012, reveals a report into data breaches.  
Google fined over wi-fi data capture








Electrifying the Vehicle Market in the Southeast
12th Annual Carbon Capture Utilization & Sequestration Conference




Canadian Foundation for Labour Rights






Suddenly Carbon is a US6 Trillion Bubble
The Real Problem With the US Economy Is Not Enough Workers and a Sluggish Internet

Getting to know the Voluntary Market.
Voluntary Markets Power On!


 
"Was Existence of Our Solar System Triggered by a Supernova?" Meteorite Evidence Offers Clues"Was Existence of Our Solar System Triggered by a Supernova?" Meteorite Evidence Offers Clues
"The Dark Mirror" --Supermassive Black Holes Allow Astronomers to See Back to Early Universe"The Dark Mirror" --Supermassive Black Holes Allow Astronomers to See Back to Early Universe
Supernova Powered Photons --The Long-Sought 'Mystery' Source of Cosmic Rays?Supernova Powered Photons --The Long-Sought 'Mystery' Source of Cosmic Rays?
Our Facebook Page --Now Open for Contributions and PhotosOur Facebook Page --Now Open for Contributions and Photos
Undetected Galaxies of the Universe --"90% of the Most Ancient May Go Unseen"Undetected Galaxies of the Universe --"90% of the Most Ancient May Go Unseen"
 
 
Earth Day Exclusive: Tim DeChristopher Speaks Out After 21 Months in Prison for Disrupting Oil Bid
Glenn Greenwald on Boston Marathon Arrest: Will We Deny Constitutional Rights in the Name of Fear?
 
 Building Blocks of Life Found in Galactic Cloud
Astrochemists have detected two complex molecules in interstellar space, which may provide more clues as to where life's first complex...  
Quiz Reveals Likelihood You'll Be Dead By 2023
 
We can save Iraq's 'Garden of Eden'
 
 
Sandra Goes to Jail
1-Intro To Frack or Not to Frack: That is the Question








Prehypertension linked to coronary heart disease









NZ Legalises Same-Sex Marriage, House Bursts Into Song
Congress Bureau Of Investigations, Contd.

















A Tale of Two Outliers: Comparing Options on Iran and North Korea


















"60 Minutes" on Their Pro-Assad Twitter Hack: We're Working on It
The 11 Most Mystifying Things the Tsarnaev Brothers Did










Use British Petroleum Fines to Sustainably Restore the Gulf of Mexico
( What part of f**ked up system past the Point of No Return because of 'intervention' don't they understand ? )











II-13-025: NRC Schedules Regulatory Conference to Discuss Apparent Construction Violation at New Summer Nuclear Units











Confessions of a technology pack rat






















Why I'm a Free Cloud Storage Hoarder












GE13: Split votes for Independents will work in favour of BN, says Chua
GE13: Tok Mun has yet to begin her one-woman campaign





















‘Watched’ and ‘want to watch’ buttons come to Facebook’s Sponsored Stories







With the launch of the new Timeline sections, Facebook users have new options to engage with paid and organic stories about movies, TV shows, books...  
Inside Social Apps’ Early Bird Rates End This Week
















Four-thousand year old gold-adorned skeleton found near Windsor


















A Break From Politics: Txtng is killing lang



















Diagnostic errors more common, costly and harmful than treatment mistakes
New NASA satellite takes the Salton Sea's temperature




















New York City Bets on a Recycling Comeback




































































Top official: Azerbaijan sees no need to adjust forecast indicators for 2013
Azerbaijan sees no need to adjust the forecast indicators of the state budget-2013, head of the Economic Policy Department under the Azerbaijani...  























'Pay For Delay' Drug Deals Under Scrutiny In US, EU And UK
DailyDirt: Medical Science To The Rescue
























Newspaper Takes The Pulse Of San Diego Coffee Culture

























John McCain and Lindsey Graham's ludicrous, harmful campaign to get him declared one. (Emily Bazelon/Slate)













Digby Ioane quits over pay row












Digby Ioane says he had "no choice" but to quit the Reds after a long-running dispute over third-party payments.      

























Don't worry, GE labeling will not cause world hunger
Support for local food systems? Brilliant.
























Marantan asks DOJ to stop Atimonan prelim probe
 
What's the stupidest thing you'd do to score hits on YouTube? Swallow a heaping spoonful of dry cinnamon? It's surely up there, as the YouTube topic “cinnamon challenge” illustrates: a catalogue of people's farcical, mostly unsuccessful attempts to swallow a ...
The age to legally buy cigarettes in New York City would rise to 21 from 18 under a proposal that officials unveiled on Monday, a measure that would give New York the strictest limits of any major American city.
A pill form of marijuana provides greater pain relief than when a person smokes it, according to a new study. The study was conducted by researchers at Columbia University in New York and was published in the journal Neuropsychopharmacology. The pill ...
Four in 10 U.S. parents give children age 4 and younger cough/cold medicine that is not recommended for young children, researchers say. |. | · Tweet. Over-the-counter drugs sit on shelves in front of the pharmacy at a Wal-Mart in Chicago. (UPI Photo/Brian ...
Canadian doctors say they have found an inventive way to treat lazy eye - playing the Tetris video game. The McGill University team discovered the popular tile-matching puzzle could train both eyes to work together. In a small study, in Current Biology with 18 ...
BEIJING, April 21 (Xinhua) -- During the 24-hour period ending at 4 p.m. on Sunday, China confirmed six new cases of human H7N9 avian influenza, including five in Zhejiang and one in Jiangsu. The National Health and Family Planning Commission said in ...
Alzheimer's Disease (AD) R&D might be the most challenging therapeutic area that faces medicine today. It is known that AD is caused by the build-up of proteins into clusters that clog up nerve cells in the brain. These “plaques” break down nerve cells which, ...
... exercise together are key to success USA Today; Diet, exercise or both? Changing eating and exercise habits at the same time may lead to best results: study New York Daily News; Tackling Diet, Exercise Together Produces Best Results: Study Philly.com ...
 












Exercise, Alternative Therapies May Help Lower Blood Pressure












Report suggests some approaches might work alongside -- not instead of -- traditional therapy  

























President Obama Signs Texas Emergency Declaration

























US to keep restriction on small knives on planes for now - CNN International

























Mastering Difficult Moments
Highlights: April 14–20
 
Fireball UFOs caught on film in Ireland
( Meteor shower tonight )
Stonehenge was occupied 5,000 years earlier

To Do

Bloomberg
Sixteen of the 29 states with renewable portfolio standards are considering legislation that would reduce the need for wind and solar power, according to researchers backed by the U.S. Energy Department. North Carolina lawmakers may be among the first ...
The Verge
Google announced on Friday that it would be partnering with Duke Energy, the largest energy utility in the US, to promote a plan that would increase the development of renewable energy sources such as solar and wind. Under the plan, large companies ...
The Guardian
The financial returns for businesses installing renewable heat technologies are likely to increase from next year, after climate minister Greg Barker confirmed an upcoming consultation on the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme will increase tariffs ...
WBEZ (blog)
The state's Renewable Portfolio Standard requires Illinois energy suppliers purchase 25 percent of their power from renewable sources by 2025. But they can meet half of that requirement by buying renewable energy credits (RECs) from out-of-state ...
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Human Habitat

Huffington Post
Though the U.S. and the world are struggling with both economic and ecological crises, most people see them as unconnected. In the secular "social justice" world, many organizations ignore ecological issues. In the secular "environmental" world, many ...
Science Codex
Analysis shows that MT's development from 1990 to 2005 was largely based on economic activities that resulted in deforestation, forest degradation, and associated socio-ecological consequences. During this period, approximately 70,000 km2 of forests ...
Manila Bulletin
For almost a decade now, the world has been experiencing historic extremes in weather. The past year 2012 had a record breaking number of calamities caused by blizzards, droughts, forest fires, supertyphoons, rains, floods, landslides, heat wave, ocean ...
News 12 Brooklyn (subscription)
Earth Day has inspired a major rebuilding project at Floyd Bennett Field. Dozens of volunteers from Home Depot and the National Wildlife Federation are restoring the Ecology Village Garden, which was damaged during Superstorm Sandy. The garden is the ...
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Water Power

Washington Post
CTIA_TWA_K_BIG Water is one of the most treasured natural resources on our planet, and effectively and safely providing it, and, after it's been used, taking it away and treating it, is becoming an increasingly more efficient process because of ...
Yahoo! News (blog)
He said the pipes for the city's water system ran near the site of the West Fertilizer Co., which was destroyed in the fire and subsequent explosion. He put the small number of residents in town who do have water on a "boil order," warning that ...
USA TODAY
Some fish are better at skipping on top of the water, while others can travel great distances, so players must choose carefully the best group to work with. For example, dolphins glide along the water for long stretches, while a sleek, red fish called ...
Allentown Morning Call
Allentown City Council Vice President Ray O' Connell takes notes as he and Council President Julio Guridy and Councilman Jeff Glazier listen to public comments during the Allentown City Council hearing on Monday night in city hall, that was continued ...
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