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Lawyers,Guns,& Money

• Foreign Entanglements: Axis Tourism
  On this week’s episode of Foreign Entanglements, Matt speaks with Ben Birnbaum about the latter’s recent visit to North Korea:    
• Quit Hitting My Fist with Your Face, Black People
  Roy’s column is must-read, as usual. If you click, you’ll learn that the lessen rightbloggers have taken from the Trayvon Martin tragedy (I’m going to be a Real Racist ™ here and dare to call it that) is that anyone who isn’t constantly breaking into the chorus from &#822 ...
• The end of Big Law?
  Noam Scheiber has an interesting piece in TNR on the apparently structural changes that continue to wrack the big money tip of the legal services pyramid. An under-discussed feature of the ongoing economic crisis in legal hiring and the related dysfunctions of the legal education system are the ...
• Scorchy
  Because we all need to see Connie Stevens chase William Smith through the streets of Seattle in 1976 for 6 minutes on a dune buggy.    
• A MOOC Primer by SEK
  Once upon a time I did one of these that proved so popular Insider Higher Ed promised to pay me $125 to reprint it at their place. And they did reprint it yes they did. But I digress: last night I was avoiding things I couldn’t change, but lacked the courage required to change the [...]&nb ...

Desert Research Institute

• A new understanding of the North American monsoon
  Scientists at DRI are developing and testing new ideas that could ultimately help predict the kinds of extreme summer weather that has occurred across the U.S., such as the all-time high temperatures recorded in numerous Western cities in June, Arizona’s deadly wildfires and last year’s drought ...
• Desert Research Institute contributes to ongoi ...
  Using a dust detection device patented by Desert Research Institute scientists, Dr. Vic Etyemezian and George Nikolich have the ability to identify how “Valley Fever,” a devastating fungus called Coccidioides, spreads.
• Nyssa Perryman, June 2013 Featured DRI Graduat ...
  Meet Nyssa Perryman, a Ph.D. student working in Atmospheric Sciences as a part of the Climate Modeling Team. Her research focus is understanding how global climate models, when transformed and applied to the complex terrain of the Western U.S., characterize atmospheric rivers and their cons ...
• DRI Annual Convocation – Honoring our research ...
  Today the Desert Research Institute took time to celebrate the success of its faculty and students during its Annual Convocation event. Eleven awards were presented to scientific researchers and graduate students on behalf of the Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents, DRI’s donors a ...
• In memory of Carl Young
  The DRI family was saddened to learn over the weekend of the passing of Carl Young, a former graduate assistant at DRI and graduate of the University of Nevada, Reno.

Earth Techling

• Renewables Inch Up As US Trims Total Energy Use
  It's not a profound change, yet, but the trend is clear: Americans are using less energy, and more of what they are using is coming from renewable sources.
• WigWag Enables Total Home Energy Management–Au ...
  Set conditional rules for just about anything in your home with the touch of a button.
• Mining For Solar (Only) In Obama’s ‘Zones’
  The Obama administration formalizes a ban on new mining claims in Solar Energy Zones that cover 475 square miles in the West.
• Top 6 Cities Leading The Green Building Revolution
  Find our which cities are leading the green building revolution--what's working and what they could do better.
• UK Unplugs To Advance Offshore Wind
  As pressure builds to drive down the cost of offshore wind, the Crown Estate seeks innovative projects for testing and demonstration.

National Law Journal | U.S.

• Suit Challenges CFPB Authority Over Legal-Serv ...
  In the latest constitutional challenge against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the agency was accused today of overstepping its authority by attempting to regulate the practice of law and collect personal financial data.
• THE GLOBAL LAWYER: U.S. Climbs Off the Transpa ...
  A federal judge's decision to vacate the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Dodd-Frank Section 1504 rule, which would force U.S.-listed petroleum and mining companies to disclose payments to all governments around the world, is wrong on the law and wrong on policy.
• Articulating a Central Theme: The Key to Advocacy
  As a former SG observed, lesser points should revolve around cardinal point like planets around the sun.
• In-House Counsel Profile: PricewaterhouseCoope ...
  General counsel Diana Weiss oversees a department of 75 people, including 40 lawyers and forensic accountants.
• OPINION: Affirmative Action Score: Advantage: ...
  As hypothetical memo shows, despite challenger's 7-1 'victory' in Fisher, state schools face little risk.

How Shall We Do The Mountain ?

• DEP Accountability…Too Late?
  This video with Jude Stiles giving testimony of what her family has dealt with since 2010 at a hearing for the Pennsylvania DEP accountability standards. Her husband is now deceased and she and her children are very sick due to the contamination of there well water from gas drilling. At one poin ...
• Everything’s a Mess and No One’s R ...
  I received a link to this article from my mother who lives near the Tioga County/Potter County line and keeps tabs on that area for me. Both she and some local friends have been monitoring the smaller creeks in that area for a while now…thank you! So the article found here talks about one ...
• State Impact PA
  I’ve posted links to the State Impact PA site before but wanted to remind folks that there is a great resource here and even though the gas industries have slowed down for now there is still a lot of good journalism work being done by Chris Amico, Danny DeBelius, Scott Detrow and Matt Stil ...
• Worried about Water in Blossburg, PA
  Blossburg, PA had a scare the other day of high mercury levels in their water supply. Update info says new tests show the levels are now reading appropriately but folks living in the borough of Blossburg should avoid drinking the water or washing their dishes in it. You can read more details abo ...
• Community Workshop in Tioga County on Environm ...
  The Clean Air Council and Penn Environment, state-wide environmental groups, will give an educational workshop in Tioga County for residents of north-central Pennsylvania on Saturday, March 24, 1-4 PM. The training will be held at the W.M. Tokishi Training Center, NYPUM Drive, Wellsboro, PA 1690 ...

News Blaze

• Dating in Los Angeles - Nothing is Perfect
  Elite Connections CEO Sherri Murphy provides here a great article on tips for successful dating in Los Angeles and abroad.
• Heritage Institute for Policy Studies Responds ...
  The July 2013 UN Somalia and Eritrea Monitoring Group report contains false allegations against the Heritage Institute for Policy Studies and its director.
• Jeffrey Foucault's Roots Music
  Foucault says what he finds right about American music is that the real deal is out there, most nights in little bars and clubs all over the country.
• Join The Family At Montesano's Restaurant
  The Montesano family started their journey in cooking 6 decades ago. Steven and Sammy, along with their sisters Toniann and Lucille had the good fortune to receive recipes from their aunts, Irene, Caroline and Jo.
• An Exclusive Interview with Elite Connections ...
  The Hollywood Sentinel shares an entertaining and exclusive interview here with Sherri Murphy, founding CEO of the matchmaking agency Elite Connections.

environment 360

• `Demand Response’ Programs Saved Crucial Elect ...
  As electricity producers struggled to supply power during last week’s heat wave along the U.S. East Coast, so-called `demand response’ programs — which enable utilities to remotely reduce power usage in participating businesses and homes — were vital in avoiding blackouts, utility officials said ...
• Forum: How Daring Is President Obama’s New Cl ...
  President Obama has unveiled a proposal to combat global warming that would, for the first time, regulate carbon dioxide emissions from all U.S. coal-fired power plants. Yale Environment 360 asked a group of experts to assess the president’s climate strategy.
• European Fish Stocks Show Signs of Recovery, S ...
  A major assessment of fish stocks in the northeast Atlantic Ocean shows that many species are recovering and are now being fished sustainably. The surprising findings, reported in the journal Current Biology, are based on data from government research institutes that collected millions of measur ...
• Malaysian Borneo Plundered As 80 Percent of Ra ...
  The first comprehensive, satellite-based assessment of industrial logging practices in Malaysian Borneo has shown that more than 80 percent of the region’s forests have been heavily impacted by logging. Reporting in the journal PLOS One, researchers from Australia, MongaBay Logging damage ...
• Should Wolves Stay Protected Under Endangered ...
  The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has stirred controversy with its proposal to remove endangered species protection for wolves, noting the animals’ strong comeback in the northern Rockies and the Midwest. It’s the latest in the long, contentious saga of wolf recovery in the U.S. BY TED WILLIAMS

Red Ice Creations

• When the Odds Seem Overwhelming | Deconstructi ...
  The awakening process has its deeply cathartic moments. That is inevitable. It’s a bumpy road. As we gain insight into the grand deceptions of the matrix, so the direction of our own lives is thrown into greater relief. The choices become more stark. There’s no longer any compromising middle gro ...
• Ancient Mars River May Have Flowed into Huge Ocean
  Scientists have spotted more evidence that an enormous ocean on Mars covered much of the planet’s surface billions of years ago. The latest clues were found in photos from NASA’s powerful Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter circling the planet. The images show what appears to be an ancient river delta, ...
• Are aliens closer than we think? INVISIBLE pro ...
  Researchers from Edinburgh University analysed how a ’fleet’ of probes could travel through space Alien probes would only need to travel at one tenth of the speed of light in order to explore every part of our galaxy Scottish mathematicians warn that alien probes are so hi-tech we probably can’t ...
• West Virginia Dismisses False Flag Allegations
  West Virginia Public Broadcasting has issued a statement on the communities’ Beckley’s Best Facebook page assuring the public (and conspiracy theorists) that the National Guard training exercises taking place at the same time and location as the National Boy Scout Jamboree, are not indicative of ...
• Alaska’s controversial HAARP facility closed - ...
  Alaska’s High-Frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) has drawn its fair share of conspiracy theories over the years, as it sits in Gakona, an array of antennas intended to heat the Earth’s ionosphere and study the effects. Fringe thinkers have tenuously linked HAARP to everything from ...

Not My Tribe

• Florida open season on black teenagers
  George Zimmerman has been found NOT GUILTY of chasing and shooting dead a black teenager for being a “fucking punk”. Now what? George W. Bush got away with murder, he and Zimmerman are peas in the same simian-eyed pod. Yes a Mack Truck might have been as good as a guilty verdict agai ...
• Have Americans overtaken the Nazis as the real ...
  Funny how Americans think the Nazis are still the ne plus ultra of evildom. Isn’t it about time we stop pretending the cruelty of Hitler’s machine exceeded ours? The US military has of course blown well past the benchmark of “Godwin’s Rule” by any measure of war cri ...
• NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden is no loser, ...
  Apparently Edward Snowden is a good for nothing high school dropout, but he’s a better man than you. Petty technocrats are splitting hairs to pretend that the NSA whistleblower broke the law while corporate mouthpieces are obfuscating that the public doesn’t care about its privacy. B ...
• Prince Harry displays British hypocracy to une ...
  Want to know where you can find Prince Harry on his war cheerleading US tour? Half of it is in Colorado. On Friday he’ll be at a UK Consul-General’s reception at the private Sanctuary Golf Course in Sedalia. Between Denver and Castle Rock, that’s the Castle Pines exit off of I- ...
• Mother Jones was not a Democrat!
  Mother Jones Magazine sent me an email the other morning, subject: “BREAKING”, first line: “URGENT” so I opened it wondering if it was possibly about more than asking for money, how silly of me. Apparently, Stephen Colbert’s sister stands a chance to beat Republican ...

Debunking the Debunkers

• New Immortal Technique Album is Free!
  I was checking out some Joe Rogan podcasts the other day and came across a show with Immortal Technique, who if you didn't know is a 9/11 truth activist, having protested at ground zero and rapped about it several times. Joe Rogan Questions Everything, 9/11 included. So I was listening to the sh ...
• Inform Senator McCain's Office That His '9/11 ...
  "Recently 9/11 activists and various experts held a meeting with a member Senator John McCain's staff to present the evidence that the Twin Towers and World Trade Center Building 7 were brought down in a controlled demolition on 9/11.  In this episode of 9/11 Free Fall those involved in ...
• Permanent Top Post by John-Michael Talboo and ...
  Many people subconsciously make the mistake of only seeing the issues concerning 9/11 in black and white, as opposed to shades of gray. This is known as the black-or-white fallacy. In this case, the false dilemma is: 9/11 was either carried out by Al-Qaeda or it was "an inside job." Just becau ...
• Peer-reviewed 9/11 Truth
  What you need to know about "Peer-review" Academic Papers on 9/11 Some of the papers below are discussions papers published in the Journal of Engineering Mechanics. "Debunkers" have claimed that discussion papers in this journal are not peer-reviewed. This is consclusively shown to be inc ...
• New Video: Global Tyranny and the Illusion of ...
  My latest compilation. This one exposes the left-right paradigm, Rockefeller's globalization and the police state. The video may get blocked worldwide at any minute if NBC Universal rejects my fair use claim on the Jay Leno clip. So watch while you can haha!

Fooducate

• Did Vitamin Water XXX Trick You Too?
• Five Little Known Watermelon Facts
• Warning: Stevia Sweeteners May NOT Be as Natur ...
• 10 Reasons to Eat Strawberries Today
• Tropicana Orange Juice Slammed by Judge as Mis ...

Traffikd

• How to Do It Yourself: DIY SEO Campaign
  People who are just beginning to focus on their website or blog may or may not know that they should make their content live up to the standards of search engine optimization or SEO. Making content SEO rich is the one of the most effective strategies for boosting the number of visitations on you ...
• Twitter Step by Step
  Twitter management can be a daunting task. There are a lot of articles telling you the do's and don'ts of Twitter, however it can still be difficult to pin down exactly what you should be doing each day step by step. If you are having a hard time getting organized and keeping up with everything ...
• SEO Tips For Your Blog and Business
  When was the last time you thought about your site beyond adding content? It is probably time to take a look at how things are organized. When you started the site you had certain goals, ideas and experiences, now as time has passed it is a good idea to take another look at those goals [...]
• How To Choose Keywords
  Every day millions of searches are performed on the internet and all of those search terms are saved and provided to us to peruse at our discretion. Unfortunately, on the other hand, there are millions of searches performed every day on the internet and ALL that data is saved and provided to us ...
• Why Social Media Isn’t Working For You
  So you took the first step and signed yourself up for some social media sites and started marketing yourself and now you're waiting for the traffic to start rolling in. You've done your research about social media marketing and everyone tells you to find followers, engage them and turn them into ...

Survival International

• Venezuelan Indians travel to capital amidst mi ...
  Yanomami woman. Mining is bringing devastation to the land of the Yanomami, Ye’kuana and Sanema Indians. © VICTOR ENGLEBERT /SURVIVALA delegation of Ye’kuana and Sanema Indians traveled to Venezuela’s capital, Caracas, to express their fears about the devastating effects mining is having on thei ...
• Not primitive: Short film showcases proud life ...
  A new 30-second short shows that tribal peoples like the Dongria Kondh are proud, not primitive. © SurvivalA new short film showing the richness of tribal peoples’ lives has been released as part of the Proud Not Primitive campaign in India.  The 30-second short aims to challenge prevaili ...
• Tanks move in around Earth's most threatened tribe
  Brazil's military has moved in to stop illegal logging around the land of Earth's most threatened tribe. © Exército BrasileiroSurvival International has received reports that Brazil’s military has launched a major ground operation against illegal logging around the land of the Aw ...
• Sacred object handed back to Hopi tribe after ...
  The katsina was handed over to Hopi chairman and religious leaders by lawyer Pierre Servan-Schreiber and Survival International's Jean Patrick Razon (no photography was allowed during the handover itself).© SurvivalIn a historic handover ceremony, an object sacred to the Hopi people has bee ...
• Brazilian Indians block railway over health chaos
  The Carajás railway threatens the health and livelihood of Earth's most threatened tribe. © Sarah Shenker/SurvivalIndians from seven tribes in Brazil have blocked a controversial railway, demanding reforms to the indigenous health service, which has fallen into a state of chaos. Approximat ...

Greg Palast

• New York Genitals Fight for Office ... While S ...
  By Greg Palast for Vice Magazine Go ahead and shoot me. It’s hopeless. My War on Stupid is facing defeat on every front. I open up the New York Times and there’s a page one story about Anthony Weiner, who is now ahead in the race for Mayor of New York. The article is 17 [...]
• Summer versus Stupid
  By Greg Palast for Vice Magazine We all have bad habits. And the worst, besides yelling at our kids when we're hung-over or just generally disappointed, is the daily deal we make with Evil. Every day we are thrown head first into that dog fight between What is Right, What is Horrible and, our th ...
• Ku Klux Kourt kills King’s Dream Law Replaces ...
  by Greg Palast for Truthout They might as well have burned a cross on Dr. King's grave.  The Jim Crow majority on the Supreme Court just took away the vote of millions of Hispanic and African–American voters by wiping away Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. I'm so angry, so distraught b ...
• Arizona Law
  by Greg Palast On Tuesday, the Supreme Court finally busted the Arizona election law that was supposed to keep "alien" (i.e. Democratic) voters off the voter rolls.  Two years ago, we flew to Arizona to bust this bogus game.  Here's the original report  ... Behind the Arizona Immigration Law: GO ...
• The Drone Ranger: Obama’s Dirty Wars
  By Greg Palast for Vice Magazine About the time Barack Obama ordered the drone strike that killed Abdul-Rahman al-Awlaki, the 16-year-old American kid Facebooked his second-rate choice of hip-hop favorites. I say "second-rate," because Abdul was my son's age almost exactly, so I know the kind of ...

How Can I Recycle This ?

• How can I reuse or recycle a wooden shoe rack?
  There was a neighbourhood “give and take” event near me at the weekend – people took along their unwanted items and took home anything other people had donated that took their fancy — all for free. It was mostly small things – crockery, household knick-knacks and bo ...
• How can I reuse or recycle old glass blocks/gl ...
  We’ve had an email from Whitney, asking about reuse/recycling ideas for glass blocks (or glass bricks, as they’re also known): We just bought a house and making a lot of renovations. We removed some glass blocks from an old bathroom window and I want to reuse them for something. I lo ...
• How can I “reuse” fresh eggs that ...
  (Hi! Sorry to regular readers for the stupidly long break in posting – I’ve been reading all the comments as usual as they come in, just not posting any new content myself due to a combination of busy-ness, illness and laziness. I’m hoping to get back to regular scheduled blogg ...
• How can I reuse or recycle toilet seats?
  Apologies for the break in blogging – I’ve been super busy with other things over the last month. And in my absence, Recycle This had its sixth birthday! Happy Birthday website! :D Anyway, moving on: we’ve had an email from Stephanie about toilet seats: I just came into about 2 ...
• How can I reuse or recycle empty bottled gas/p ...
  Lyndon has emailed to ask about reusing – or recycling – propane gas canisters (the ones for heating, barbecues or patio heaters etc): Trying to tidy up the yard at work, what can I do with some old gas bottles? If there is a company name on the bottles (like Calor Gas, Flo Gas or [...]

Age of Autism

• Dachel Media Update: China Bribery, Employment ...
  By Anne Dachel July 21, 2013, Minneapolis Star Tribune: Mentally troubled students overwhelm schools July 20, 2013, UK Telegraph: A bitter pill for Glaxo in China--Sir Andrew Witty is preparing to admit failings following bribery allegations against GSK July 19,...
• HandHold Adaptive Offers FREE iPrompt PRO Pre- ...
  We have a special treat for readers this week. Our friends at HandHold Adaptive (a local Connecticut company founded by an autism Dad and Uncle) are giving us TWO free downloads of a pre-release version of iPrompts PRO, HandHold Adaptive's...
• Maternal Antibodies and Autism and Flu Shots O ...
  By Teresa Conrick The research on maternal antibodies as a cause of some cases of autism continues to grow. From TIME this week: "Mother’s Antibodies May Explain a Quarter of Autism Cases" In a study published in Translational Psychiatry, researchers...
• IACC: Wendy Fournier of National Autism Associ ...
  By Cathy Jameson The most terrifying night of my life was the night my son Ronan wandered from our home. Knowing that he has a “taste” for the great outdoors now, I’m more hyper-vigilant than ever to keep Ronan safe....
• Weekly Wrap: Jenny and The Journalists
  By Dan Olmsted Back when Time magazine was a cultural touchstone, a critic named Woolcott Gibbs wrote a parody of its staccato, object-first style that included this immortal line: "Backwards ran sentences until reeled the mind. Where it ends, knows...

Global BDS Movement

• G4S loses its contract with the European Parli ...
  Campaigners had raised concerns about the role the company plays in equipping Israeli prisons in which Palestinian political prisoners are held in violation of international law
• Palestinian civil society and human rights org ...
  Marking Palestinian Prisoners Day, Palestinian organisations call for action against G4S, supplier to Israeli prisons at which political prisoners are detained
• BDS roundup: Los Angeles activists urge city t ...
  In this week’s BDS roundup from the Electronic Intifada, LA activists, international campaign urges Yves Béhar, university students in Pennsylvania protest, boycott activists, and more
• Why Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions Should ...
  The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement has been a significant instrument in the campaign to tear down Israel's democratic facade
• Scottish govt. helps Israeli company deal with BDS
  Documents obtained by the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign show how a subsidiary of an Israeli company operating in Britain turned successfully for help from the Scottish Government

Farm Wars

• Why GMOs Can Never be Safe
  In order to survive, the organism needs to engage in natural genetic modification in real time, an exquisitely precise molecular dance of life in which RNA and DNA respond to, and participate fully in ‘downstream’ biological functions. That is why organisms and ecosystems are particularly vulne ...
• Welcome to PlantVillage – Free and Easy Intera ...
  PlantVillage is built on the premise that all knowledge that helps people grow food should be openly accessible to anyone on the planet. PlantVillage is a user moderated Q & A forum dedicated to the goal of helping people grow their own food. It is an open, freely available resource that he ...
• 30% Off Listed Price on Organic Heirloom Seeds!
  As Farm Wars' readers know, I do not advertise anything for personal profit. I chose to become an affiliate with Heirloom Organics in order to provide good quality, organic Heirloom seeds to my readers, and use any proceeds to keep the site running without anyone spending a penny more for their ...
• USDA Protection Racket Demands 47% of Raisin C ...
  This is a criminal extortion racket. What is the difference between a mobster coming to your property and demanding a portion of your profits for "protection" and the government coming to your property and demanding a portion of your crops for "protection?" NOTHING!!!
• Our Greatest Challenge – Asserting the Power o ...
  It is we who are complicit in allowing the merchants of darkness to suck from us the energy they require in order to keep manifesting their war games as the central plank of day to day life on this planet - Non-compliance: A call to action!

new geography

• Detroit, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?
  Thou wouldst fain destroy the temple! If thou be Jesus, Son of the Father, now from the Cross descend thou, that we behold it and believe on thee when we behold it. If thou art King over Israel, save thyself then! God, My Father, why has thou forsaken me? All those who were my friends, all ...
• What Detroit’s Bankruptcy Teaches America
  As has long been expected, the city of Detroit has officially filed for bankruptcy.  While many will point to the sui generis nature of the city as a one-industry town with extreme racial polarization and other unique problems, Detroit’s bankruptcy in fact offers several lessons for other st ...
• XpressWest Las Vegas Train: Where are the Vent ...
  Recently, the US Department of Transportation indefinitely suspended a federal loan application for the XpressWest high-speed rail train from Victorville California to Las Vegas. The only public rationale for the decision was contained in a letter from former Secretary of Transportation Ray ...
• Singapore Needs A New Sling
  Over the past half century, the tiny city-state of Singapore has developed arguably the most successful formula for growth and social uplift on the planet. Like the famous Singapore sling — a tropical cocktail blending gin, grenadine, sweet and sour mix, cherry brandy and club soda — the c ...
• Metropolitan Dispersion: 1950-2012
  America has become much more metropolitan since 1950, when the Office of Management and Budget released the first modern criteria for determining the boundaries of metropolitan areas. Metropolitan areas are the economic or functional definition of the "city." They are otherwise kno ...

water.org

• A Well Inauguration
  The people of Pot 15 applaud with the joy for the well [that they now have] after three months of training to ensure that the well has a future. For several years residents had to go to neighboring communities for a drop of water. During the [well] inauguration ceremony one of the members of the ...
• Teaching Hygiene Through Song
  Community education is just as important as drilling a well or building a latrine.
• A Toilet for Sumit
  “Our previous toilet was a ‘katcha’ toilet made with bamboo sticks. The pit was covered with bamboo thatch. It was too near to the house. During monsoons, the water from the katcha toilet used to flow through the house and spread a foul smell all over the place,” says Sumit Deori, who lives with ...
• Chandramaya's Story
  Chandramaya Chettri is 65 years old and, until now, has only had access to water from unclean sources. She says, “We [used to] collect water from the nearby pond and sometimes from our neighbor’s well. Borrowing water from our neighbors was not easy. We were subjected to ill-treatment.”
• Young Woman Rolling Incense
  Easy access to clean water has afforded this young woman the ability to earn some extra income for her family. Watch as she uses her newfound spare time to roll traditional Indian incense in today's Clip of the Day!

Cryptogon

• ‘What Is That Box?’ — When T ...
  Via: Buzzfeed: They came in and showed me papers. It was a court order from the FISC (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court) for the intercept, with the agent’s name… and the court’s information. I think it was three or four pages of text. They wouldn’t let met me copy them. They let me take n ...
• CDC Admits 98 Million Americans Received Polio ...
  Via: Prevent Disease: The CDC has quickly removed a page from their website, which is now cached here, admitting that more than 98 million Americans received one or more doses of polio vaccine within an 8-year span from 1955-1963 when a proportion of the vaccine was contaminated with a cancer ca ...
• CIA Backs Study Into How to Control Global Wea ...
  Via: Mother Jones: The Central Intelligence Agency is funding a scientific study that will investigate whether humans could use geoengineering to alter Earth’s environment and stop climate change. The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) will run the 21-month project, which is the first NAS ...
• Serious SIM Card Security Flaw Affects Million ...
  Via: Cnet: A vulnerability on SIM cards used in some mobile phones could allow malware infection and surveillance, a security researcher warns. Karsten Nohl, founder of Security Research Labs in Berlin, told The New York Times that he has identified a flaw in SIM encryption technology that could ...
• U.S. Expanding Military Drone Surveillance Ope ...
  Via: Washington Post: As the Obama administration dials back the number of drone attacks in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Yemen, the U.S. military is shifting its huge fleet of unmanned aircraft to other hot spots around the world. This next phase of drone warfare is focused more on spying than kill ...

The Economic Collapse

• Share This Chart With Anyone That Believes The ...
  Anyone that thinks that the U.S. economy can keep going along like this is absolutely crazy.  We are in the terminal phase of an unprecedented debt spiral which has allowed us to live far, far beyond our means for the last several decades.  Unfortunately, all debt spirals eventually end, and the ...
• 25 Facts About The Fall Of Detroit That Will L ...
  It is so sad to watch one of America's greatest cities die a horrible death.  Once upon a time, the city of Detroit was a teeming metropolis of 1.8 million people and it had the highest per capita income in the United States.  Now it is a rotting, decaying hellhole of about 700,000 people that [...]
• Worldwide Unemployment Crisis: There Are 93 Mi ...
  Did you know that the total number of unemployed workers in G20 counties is now up to 93 million and that it is increasing with each passing day?  You see, the truth is that the United States is not the only one dealing with a systemic unemployment crisis.  This is literally happening all over t ...
• Everything Is Fine, But…
  Everything is going to be just great.  Haven't you heard?  The stock market is at an all-time high, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says that inflation is incredibly low, and the official unemployment rate has been steadily declining since early in Barack Obama's first term.  Of course I a ...
• The U.S. Government Will Borrow Close To 4 Tri ...
  When you add maturing debt to the new debt that the federal government is accumulating, the total is quite eye catching.  You see, the truth is that the U.S. government must not only borrow enough money to fund government spending for this year, it must also "roll over" existing debt that has re ...

Desertification

• Decades of drought in Africa caused by polluta ...
  Read at : http://www.onearth.org/blog/how-the-us-clean-air-act-brought-the-rains-down-in-africa How the U.S. Clean Air Act Brought the Rains Down in Africa BY JASON BITTEL ………………………. In a paper published Friday in the journal Geophysical Rese ...
• Micro-gardening to transform wasteland in Sene ...
  Read at : http://www.new-ag.info/en/focus/focusItem.php?a=3000 Transforming waste and wasteland in Dakar Once renowned for their beauty, the public gardens of Senegal’s capital, Dakar, have suffered decades of neglect. The 400 metre long HLM Patte d’Oie, like other supposedly ‘ ...
• Examples of solutions for countries coping wit ...
  Read at : http://www.new-ag.info/en/focus/focusItem.php?a=2992 Using water wisely to feed growing cities North Africa contains 5 per cent of the world’s population but only has 1 per cent of the world’s available water resources. In Tunisia, water availability is as low … Conti ...
• Making agricultural knowledge accessible and u ...
  Read at : http://www.egfar.org/news/global-consultation-reinforces-ciard-making-agricultural-knowledge-accessible-and-useful-smallh Global consultation reinforces CIARD in making agricultural knowledge accessible and useful for smallholders Representatives of national, regional and global organi ...
• Desertification and Numerical Taxonomy Analysi ...
  Read at : Google Alerts – desertification http://jdesert.ut.ac.ir/?_action=articleInfo&article=32031 Application of Numerical Taxonomy Analysis in Sustainable Development Planning of Combating Desertification Article 5, Volume 17, Number 2, Winter 2013, Page 147-159 by 1M.H. Sadeghi Ra ...

News Blaze

• Dating in Los Angeles - Nothing is Perfect
  Elite Connections CEO Sherri Murphy provides here a great article on tips for successful dating in Los Angeles and abroad.
• Heritage Institute for Policy Studies Responds ...
  The July 2013 UN Somalia and Eritrea Monitoring Group report contains false allegations against the Heritage Institute for Policy Studies and its director.
• Jeffrey Foucault's Roots Music
  Foucault says what he finds right about American music is that the real deal is out there, most nights in little bars and clubs all over the country.
• Join The Family At Montesano's Restaurant
  The Montesano family started their journey in cooking 6 decades ago. Steven and Sammy, along with their sisters Toniann and Lucille had the good fortune to receive recipes from their aunts, Irene, Caroline and Jo.
• An Exclusive Interview with Elite Connections ...
  The Hollywood Sentinel shares an entertaining and exclusive interview here with Sherri Murphy, founding CEO of the matchmaking agency Elite Connections.

Worldnews

• Israel to free 'around 80' Palestinian pr ...
  Jerusalem: Israel is set to decide on the release of around 80 long-serving Palestinian prisoners ahead of renewed peace talks, an Israeli official said Monday. US Secretary of State John Kerry announced on Friday that Israeli and Palestinian negotiators had agreed to meet to prepare a resum ...
• Healthy diet cuts risk of breast cancer
  Houston: Genetic mutation alone is not responsible for increasing the chances of breast cancer in women, according to researchers who claim diet plays an equally important role in keeping the disease at bay. Researchers at Harvard Medical School have suggested a woman who eat lots of...
• Stay Out of Syria
  President Barack Obama is taking heat from prominent figures in both parties who are eager to intervene more in Syria and help topple President Bashar al-Assad. But Obama rose to the presidency in large part because he promised a humble, restrained foreign policy completely different than hi ...
• Latin America's first pope heads to resti ...
  Rio De Janeiro: Bringing his message of a "poor Church for the poor," Pope Francis headed for Brazil on Monday to find a country facing a shrinking Catholic flock and anger over government waste. Francis left Rome for Rio de Janeiro shortly before 0700 GMT, embarking on his first foreign tri ...
• EU to consider sanctions against military ...
  (European Union governments could decide to blacklist the military wing of Hizbullah today, in a major policy reversal fuelled by concerns over the Lebanese militant movement’s activities in Europe. Britain has sought to persuade its EU peers since May to put the Shia Muslim group’s military ...

Alex in Wonderland

• Report: Active-Duty Army PSYOPS Soldiers Embed ...
  To better manufacture consent, U.S. Army soldiers are embedded as intern and fellows at local TV affiliates, along with previously reported newspapers and national outlets.
• Military Welfare Budget Won’t Thin Any T ...
  Ivan Eland sat with RT to discuss the astronomical political clout held by the welfare queens of the military-industrial complex that will thwart any translation of the Pentagon's rhetoric into actual policy
• Afghan Elections Rigged on Video? (Video)
  Yes, people videotaped it and Al Jazeera broke the story.
• Fuckin’ Oil, Where Did It Went?
  With 90% of up to 4.4 million barrels of oil 'unaccounted for', it's now... still unaccounted for.
• U.S. Troops ‘Killing for Sport’ in Afghanistan ...
  Taped interrogations of four soldiers charged in theatrically slaying numerous Afghan civilians were obtained by CNN and ABC. CNN's report includes the soldiers' rampant drug abuse and a before unreported case of staging the murder of an Afghan civilian.

MY Daily Apple

• Avandia (Rosiglitazone) Does Not Raise Heart A ...
  There is not a higher risk of heart attack and cardiovascular events in patients who take controversial type 2 drug Avandia (rosiglitazone), researchers at the Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI) reported after carrying out a re-analysis of data from a pivotal study. The DCRI researchers re- ...
• Promising Results In Early Trial of Novel MS T ...
  Reporting in the journal Science Translational Medicine researchers say a new method for essentially resetting the immune systems of patients with multiple sclerosis appears to be safe. Study co-author Stephen D. Miller of Northwestern University, describes the novel approach tested in this smal ...
• Summer Deadliest Time of Year for Teen Drivers
  Crashes often linked to distracted driving Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: Impaired Driving, Motor Vehicle Safety, Teen Health
• Fewer Families Struggling to Pay Medical Bills ...
  But some may be skipping needed care altogether, expert says Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: Health Insurance, Health Statistics
• Smokers Cost Employers Thousands More Than Non ...
  About $6000 in extra annual costs stem from more time off, smoking breaks, health care, study shows Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Page: Smoking

Common Dreams

• Grace Lee Boggs: 'We Are Shaking the World Wit ...
  As Detroit faces possible bankruptcy and more calls for safety-net shredding austerity, 98-year-old activist, author and visionary organizer Grace Lee Boggs offers a powerful counter-narrative to the system that rewards banks with bailouts and discards residents of the nation's cities as vic ...
• UK's Scheme to Block Pornography a Threat to O ...
  Britain's conservative Prime Minister David Cameron announced sweeping proposals on Monday that would force all internet users in the UK to "opt-in" if they want to view online content categorized as "pornographic" by the government. ...
• Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Too Big to Cover Up
• Goodbye to Istanbul's Last Green Space, says T ...
• Nation's Strictest Abortion Law Banned, For Now
  (Photo: via Rightnow.io)The most restrictive anti-choice law in the country has been banned after a federal judge temporarily blocked it on Monday, calling the North Dakota bill "clearly invalid and unconstitutional."  read more

The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos

• James Moore
• Neill Blomkamp
• Sarah Polley
• Jay Baruchel
• David Suzuki

Examine Religion - Tweets

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Energy Collective

• Transforming China’s Grid: Will Coal Remain Ki ...
  China’s coal sector from mine to boiler is undergoing a massive consolidation designed to increase efficiency. Coal’s supreme position in the energy mix appears to be unassailable. Scratch deeper and challenges begin to surface.
• Why New EPA Chief Gina McCarthy Will Be Import ...
  After getting blocked by Senate Republicans, Gina McCarthy was confirmed as head of the EPA by a vote of 59-40. Now she is tasked with quickly moving forward on a climate plan that relies heavily on EPA for implementation.
• DECC Tables Plan to Support Independent Renewa ...
  The Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has published plans to help independent renewable generators gain entry to the electricity market, in order to promote competition and innovation.
• Court Affirms Michael Mann's Right To Proceed ...
  Decisions were handed in DC Superior Court affirming scientist Michael Mann’s right to proceed in his defamation lawsuit against CEI and the National Review Online for their accusations of data manipulation and fraud.
• Nuclear Energy Videos: Uranium Mining and Milling
  It’s hot out! Across much of the United States, the largest heat wave of the summer has been stagnating all week. This would be a good time to head to a cool underground…uranium mine?

Foreign Policy in Focus - Military (US)

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Law.com

• Latest Chevron Outtake: 'They're All Corrupt!'
  Donziger muses 'The judicial system is so utterly weak' in Corporate Counsel's latest release of outtakes from the documentary Crude.
• Minus Kagan, Supreme Court Lets 'Don't Ask' Po ...
  In an order Friday, the Supreme Court denied a motion aimed at allowing a worldwide ban on enforcement of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays in the military to take effect.
• MGA Loses Effort to Stall Trial in Fee Fight W ...
  A Los Angeles judge issued a tentative ruling Friday denying toymaker MGA Entertainment's efforts to stay a lawsuit that was filed by its former lawyers at O'Melveny & Myers.
• Proskauer and English Firm End Their Merger Di ...
  Proskauer Rose and SJ Berwin said Friday they had decided against merging, putting to an end months of speculation about a possible trans-Atlantic tie-up between the two law firms. The firms in a joint statement said "we recognized that the timetable necessary to reach the agreements that would ...
• IRS Throws In Towel on Closely Watched Interna ...

Iranian.com

• Iranian dissident and French lawmakers urge ne ...
  French lawmakers invited the head of a previously shunned Iranian dissident group to parliament on Wednesday, aiming to help it gain credibility as a viable opposition to Tehran's government. read more
• زهر مار ایرانی برای نجات سربازان آمریکایی
  در راهنمای پزشکی فرماندهی مرکزی نیروهای آمریکا در افغانستان تاکید شده است که پادزهر تولید شده در انستیتو رازی تهران، بهترین دارو برای مقابله با نیش مارهای کبرا و انواع دیگر مارهای سمی و خطرناک آسیای میانه است که در افغانستان به فراوانی وجود دارند.
• نسرین ستوده اعتصاب غذای خود را شکست
  ه گزارش رسیده به کلمه، متعاقب دیدار رضا خندان همسر این زندانی سیاسی و گروهی از فعالان زنان با برخی از نمایندگان و پیگیری های محمدرضا تابش و ابوترابی فرد و مذاکره آنها با رییس مجلس و قوه قضاییه و با برداشتن محدودیت های قضایی از مهراوه خندان، دختر نسرین ستوده، وی به اعتصاب غذای خود پایان داد.read more
• Iran’s Claim of Drone Capture Is Denied by U.S.
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• Significant Changes Made to Parchin High Explo ...
  The latest image from DigitalGlobe clearly showing the new blue roofing of the two major buildings, new equipment and materials and the rows of earth piles. Numerous cars present at the site suggest a considerable level of activity at the site.

Most Revolutionary Act

• BP Tries to Overturn Gulf Oil Settlement
      BP’s massive 2010 Gulf oil spill virtually destroyed the Gulf of Mexico economy. Fisheries, tourist-related enterprises, and the businesses dependent on them went belly-up in the hundreds of thousands. Yet as business owners quickly found, the only way they could get co ...
• What the Corporate Media Won't Tell You About ...
  photo credit: Thomas Hawk via photopin cc   The general attitude of corporate pundits towards Detroit’s recent bankruptcy is that it’s good news: the city is living beyond its means, and the bankruptcy will enable city leaders to adopt long overdo austerity cuts. ...
• New Law Would Jail Banksters
  In Britain, though. Not the US. Britain’s Conservative prime minister David Cameron plans to introduce a bill in Parliament to penalize bankers for reckless and criminal behavior. Would Obama, the so-called liberal Democrat, ever push such a law? In your dreams. According to the Dail ...
• Obama, Your Bitch is Our Dictator
  Another video by Storm Clouds Gathering that connects the dots behind the recent coup in Egypt. The filmmakers establish, clearly and coherently, that Mursi, like Mubarak (and El Baradei) are handpicked US puppets. That, with US backing (after Israel, Egypt is the second largest recipient of ...
• Obama's Africa Trip Highlights Declining US In ...
  US Army in Africa If you are one of those people, like me, who wondered why Obama would visit Africa and forgo a visit to his relatives in Kenya (the government has built a special runway to accommodate Air Force One), you won’t find the answer in the corporate media. In a recent Coun ...

Michael Moore - Must Read

• Former National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brze ...
  In 1968 Zbigniew Brzezinski, then a top advisor to the presidential campaign of Vice President Hubert Humphrey, wrote an article called "America in the Technetronic Age," making these predictions: ...the capacity to assert social and political control over the individual will vastly increase. ...
• Statement from Jafar Panahi on His Invitation ...
  "I would like to sincerely thank the members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for inviting me to join their organization. I am especially grateful to Michael Moore and the documentary branch for nominating me. "It’s an honor for me to join such a prestigious organizatio ...
• Excerpt from 'Pietà' in 'Here Comes Trouble' b ...
  When we went back a few days later to sit in the House gallery, a new bill was up for discussion: the Voting Rights Act of 1965. From watching the evening news and being taught to read the daily newspaper, I knew that “colored people” were being unfairly treated, even killed. A f ...
• Republic Windows Workers Seen in 'Capitalism: ...
  Grand Opening of Worker-Owned Window Factory Former Republic Window and Door Union Workers Launch New Era Windows Cooperative   Press Contact:  Leah Fried, United Electrical Workers (UE) 773-550-3022, leahfried@gmail.com  Brendan Martin, The Working World 646-286-0846, ...
• Michigan Families to Rally for Sensible Gun La ...
  CONTACT:   Linda K. Brundage, Moms Demand Action MidMichigan/Lansing Chapter; (517) 337-3024 or Momsdemandaction.mimidlansing@gmail.com Kim Russell, National Director of Communications, Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America; (917) 226-4420 or krussell@momsdemandaction.org ADVISO ...

Salon

• David Cameron introduces default filter to blo ...
  Cameron says unchecked access to pornography "corrodes childhood," but critics say he is limiting free speech
• Report: George Zimmerman saves victim from crash
  It was his first surfacing since the verdict
• Judge blocks North Dakota’s extreme six- ...
  The court issued a temporary injunction against a law that bans abortion before most women know they're pregnant
• Rand Paul’s white supremacy double game
  Jack Hunter says he’s leaving to protect Paul and clear his own name, but his Charleston editor isn’t buying it
• Dubai pardons woman sentenced to 16 months in ...
  The 24-year-old Norwegian woman was arrested for "having sex outside marriage" after reporting her rape to police

SMB News

• Indonesian volcano rumbles as president visits ...
  For SMB News Indonesian volcano rumbles as president visits camps PURWOBINANGUN: Indonesia’s Mount Merapi volcano spewed more deadly heat clouds Wednesday as President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono visited some of the 50,000 evacuees in shelters. Searing gas billowed from the crater of the 2,91 ...
• Kasaba throws spit on the camera
  \Kasaba throws spit on cameraMUMBAI: Ajmal Kasaba webcam spit on Tuesday during a hearing in the Bombay High Court for confirmation of the death penalty, which led the court strictly tell him to behave properly. Judjes a warning when they Kasaba altercation with the police and spit at the camera ...
• K’taka Speaker disqualifies 16 MLAs
  For SMB News KBANGALORE: Hours ahead of the trust vote for beleaguered Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa in the Assembly, Speaker K G Bopaiah disqualified sixteen rebel MLAs, including eleven from ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), legislative sources said on Monday. Bopaiah signed the ...
• Twin bombing at Shah Ghazi’s shrine kills 8
  For SMB News Twin bombing at Shah Ghazi’s shrine kills 8 KARACHI: Eight people including two children were killed and over 65 others suffered injuries when two suicide bombers blew themselves up outside Abdullah Shah Ghazi’s shrine in Clifton, official sources said here Thursday. Two heads, beli ...
• Musharraf seeks Pak nation’s apology for ‘mistake
  For SMB News Musharraf seeks Pak nation’s apology for ‘mistakes’ LONDON: Former president Gen. (Retd.) Pervez Musharraf Friday admitted that political mistakes were committed in the twilight years of his regime and sought apology from Pakistani nation for the same. “These mistakes caused damage ...

R-Squared Energy Blog

• Hydropower and Geothermal Status Update 2013
  This is the 2nd installment in a series that looks at the recently released 2013 BP Statistical Review of World Energy. The previous post – Renewable Energy Status Update 2013 – focused mainly on wind and solar power. This post delves into hydropower and geothermal power. Some of the ...
• Renewable Energy Status Update 2013
  Today I begin a series that looks at the recently released 2013 BP Statistical Review of World Energy. Because the past two posts have dealt with the Keystone XL pipeline project, I thought it would be a good change of pace to kick off this series by looking at the current global picture of rene ...
• Protecting a Drowning Man from Sunburn
  There is lots of extrapolating, and emphasis on the potential for burning all of Alberta's oil sands. Yet all of the extrapolating in the world, writes Robert Rapier, doesn't take away from the fact that oil -- over the course of the next century or more -- will make a relatively insignificant c ...
• The Increasing Irrelevance of the Keystone XL ...
  Last week President Obama unveiled a new plan to combat climate change in a speech at Georgetown University. While there is generally broad consensus that his comments further threaten the already battered US coal industry, his comments on TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline project had pundits g ...
• Avoiding Energy’s Big Buts
  It is true that wind and solar power are intermittent, writes Robert Rapier. However, we do not have a single energy source that doesn't have a downside associated with it.

Discovery Educator Network

• Google Digital Literacy and Citizenship Curric ...
  Comments: Google Digital Literacy and Citizenship Curriculum - Jackie GersteinTags: digital literacy, digitalcitizenship, cybersafetyby: Jackie Gerstein
• SeeingIsDeceiving
  Tags: visualliteracy, DianeCordell, seeingby: Dean Mantz
• iPad apps for Daily 5 - Connecting Educators
  Tags: daily5, reading, writing, ipad, apps, Pinterest, boardby: John Evans
• 27 Ways to Improve your Teaching through Refle ...
  Tags: improve, teaching, practice, reflectionby: John Evans
• Six Free iPad Apps for Making Healthy Choices ...
  Comments:"Back to school is the perfect time of year to establish routines and remind students about making healthy choices. Children of all ages should have an understanding of the impact of their decisions related to the food they choose to eat. There are a variety of games and resources to pr ...

Rodale News

• Congressmen Attempt to Save Honeybees
  Congressmen can bee friendly, too. A pair of Democrats, Reps. John Conyers (D-Mich.) and Earl Bluemenauer (D-OR), introduced the Saving America's Pollinators Act of 2013, legislation that if passed, would require the Environmental Protection Agency to temporarily suspend the use of certain inse ...
• Survive Your Next Power Outage
  Blistering heat waves, deadly tornadoes, powerful hurricanes, and "superstorms"…what do they all have in common? The ability to knock out your power within minutes and leave you in the dark for days and possibly even weeks. And it's getting more and more likely that you'll be dealing with more ...
• The Top 10 Things to Do with Leftover Beer
  By Jim Koch, brewer and founder of Sam Adams If you have a surplus of beer—maybe leftovers from a BBQ or a summer party—here are some suggestions on how to take care of that beer (and ideas for creative consumption, if you need them!) so you, your family, and friends can enjoy it while it's sti ...
• The Best, and Worst, Bug Repellents
  There's nothing that can kill a pleasant summer night more than finding out you've just become a moveable feast for your backyard's insect population. But should you really slather yourself in potentially harmful chemicals just to keep a few bug bites away? That's a risky gamble nowadays. Rates ...
• The Great Diet Soda Myth
  Want to lose weight, ward off diabetes and still drink something that tastes sweet and fizzy? Grab a diet soda! After all, they're sweetened with zero-calorie sweeteners that give you the sugar fix you need without boosting belly fat. Except that's all a great myth, as a growing number of studi ...

big think

• It's Time to Get Going Again: Neil DeGrasse Ty ...
  Astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson may have declined Carl Sagan's recruitment offer at Cornell as a young man, but Tyson is now giving the late science icon a fitting tribute by hosting a new 13-part docu-series called "Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey" on FOX.  That was one long sentence. Yo ...
• "Royal Baby" Is A Contradiction In Terms.
  No baby is royal unless every one is. Kate Middleton, who ignominiously allows herself to be called "The Duchess of Cambridge" because she married a weak, balding, unimpressive man who happens to have a mom with the made up last name "Windsor", is giving birth. TO A "ROYAL BABY"!  ...
• Bankrupt Detroit Is a Lesson for Our Urbanizin ...
  What's the Latest Development? Detroit, once America's fifth-largest city, has filed for bankruptcy. At its hight in 1950, the city was home to more than 1.5 million. Today, it has shrunk to 700,000 residents. Detroit's failure lies in its inability to adapt to conditions that are helpin ...
• Post 9: Finale, Finally; or, A Coda On Looking ...
  All superstitions proliferate dogmatically, and all dogmatic assertions are by their nature fanatical. The only way to be respectful of Buddhism is to criticize it. Ultimately, there can be no blasphemy if there is no sacrosanct to blaspheme against. Given the criticisms that I h ...
• The Risks of Hunger. It Makes You Take More Risks.
              You know those nature documentaries, the ones where hungry polar bears risk their lives attacking dangerous walruses, or starving lions put their lives on the line attacking fierce horned cape buffalo? Well, that’s you too, when the animal in you signals that your energy tank is runn ...

Information Liberation

• Florida Football Player Arrested for Barking a ...
  If your dog barks at a police officer, they kill it without batting an eye. When you bark at a police dog, you get arrested and hit with BS charges. From ESPN: GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Florida Gators linebacker Antonio Morrison has been arrested...
• Jefferson County Cops Make Illegal Stop, Beat ...
  From Patrick Politte on YouTube: This cop followed me from a convenience store because of the leather jacket and patches I had on. These cars (Chevy Tahoe) have a dash cam hooked to a computer on board that is always on when the car is running. ...
• Palm Beach Sheriff's Sergeant Handcuffs Man fo ...
  A Palm Beach County Sheriff*s sergeant handcuffed a man for video recording a sheriff*s department from a public sidewalk, an action he found suspicious. But video recording government buildings from public sidewalks is completely legal and no g...
• $1,000 Fine for Flashing Headlights to Warn Mo ...
  Did you know that you could be fined for flashing your headlights to warn other people of speed traps? Police who are hiding in wait, do not appreciate headlight whistleblowers. This leads to the question - Is flashing your lights a part of free s...
• Civilization Means Privacy
  Since the details of the NSA programs became publicly known a short time ago, already there are signs of market pressures being brought to bear to curtail the actions of the agency and its partner companies. There are early signs of emerging boycotts...

Be Responsible - Be Free!

• No Big Deal
  Much has been made over the last day or so about the fact that the Member for Chifley, Ed Husic, was today sworn in as Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister and Parliamentary Secretary for Broadband. Husic, 43, born and raised … Continue reading →
• Parliament On A Knife Edge Part VIII – P ...
  This has now gone so far beyond a joke that I hardly know where to start. So much ink has been spilled by hoary press gallery veterans covering Labor’s leadership soap opera, that there is very little new that LibertyGibbert … Continue reading →
• Libel, Reputation and Thin Air
  This isn’t something I had planned to discuss any time soon, but recent headlines in Australia have pushed it to the head of the queue. If you don’t follow Australian politics closely, you may have missed the recent news that … Continue reading →
• The Lemmings And The Cliff
  Sorry, but I couldn’t help myself. We’re now down to just 99 days until the Federal election. And for 99% of the Australian community, it just can’t come quickly enough. For those planning to vote for the coalition, it’s a … Continue reading →
• Libertarianism And Gun Law
  This post will be briefer than I had originally intended, and for a couple of reasons. First, I haven’t put up any threads for a while, and I feel as though I need a break from work today, so here … Continue reading →

Sciencebase - Breaking Science News

• Why your personal CAM story is not evidence
  Your regular doc was ignoring your symptoms or told you to take a couple of aspirin and come back if the problem persists, so you headed to a practitioner who treats you holistically, who understands, who knows what you specifically need for your specific condition. You swallowed their talk of s ...
• Satisfying your curiosity
  Latest science news in my fortnightly column for Spectroscopynow.com, now online: Steroid infection: Steroids are often injected into sites along the spinal column in treating back pain, but if a batch is contaminated serious infection can arise. Researchers have demonstrated that magnetic reson ...
• Entrepreneurial mothers push hard
  Mumpreneurs? To Americans, I assume the word is mompreneurs and to English northerners mampreneurs. Either way, the phenomenon of entrepreneur mothers is nothing new. It’s certainly not something that emerged during the web 2.0 explosion when mothers running small businesses and looking af ...
• Science books for summer
  Brian Clegg – Dice World: Science and Life in a Random Universe. For centuries scientists believed that the universe was a vast machine – with enough detail, you could predict exactly what would happen. Admittedly real life wasn’t like that. But only, they argued, because we di ...
• Guiding pledge 2.0 dismisses God and the Queen
  Apparently, the Guiding Movement is to upgrade its pledge that all members must make when they join. Currently they vow to: "to love my God, to serve my Queen and my country" That obviously only applies to people of faith and those with a female monarch…and indeed compromises the i ...

RFF Library

• EV Sales Skyrocketing. eGallon Price Holds Steady
  US Dept. of Energy http://energy.gov/articles/ev-sales-skyrocketing-egallon-holds-steady [From Press Release] … Last month, the Energy Department launched the eGallon to let consumers compare the cost of fueling with electricity vs. gasoline.  Since electricity prices vary from state to st ...
• Plug-In Electric Vehicle Deployment in the Nor ...
  Center for Climate and Energy Solutions http://bit.ly/12a4VTh The Transportation and Climate Initiative released a market overview and literature review today that provides an overview of plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) deployment in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states. The report assesses curr ...
• Ongoing DOE Study Finds No Groundwater Contami ...
  Monitoring of Air, Land, and Water Resources during Shale Gas Production  [Fact sheet only] National Energy Technology Laboratory http://www.netl.doe.gov/publications/factsheets/rd/R&D167.pdf [Bloomberg] Energy Department researchers so far have found “nothing of concern” in a study of wheth ...
• Labor’s Green Jobs Efforts Highlight Cha ...
  US Government Accountability Office http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-13-555 Of the $595 million identified by Labor as having been appropriated or allocated specifically for green jobs activities since 2009, approximately $501 million went toward efforts with training and support services as thei ...
• EU Emission Inventory Report, 1990-2011
  European Environment Agency http://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/eu-emission-inventory-report-lrtap [From the Executive Summary of this Annual Report]  …Across the EU-27, the largest emission reduction of the main pollutants has been achieved for the acidifying pollutant SOX. Emissions in ...

Scientific American - News

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First Truths

• The Anarchist Lineage
   Interesting passage from Samuel Clark's Living Without Domination: The Possibility of an Anarchist Utopia. I would wonder what the anarchists I know think of the various lists referenced here: This account of anarchism as a permanent human tendency has been attacked by a number of authors. ...
• "Crisis of the State"
  From Simon Clark's Keynesianism, Monetarism, and the Crisis of the State: However this structural crisis was not the result of the changing functional requirements of changes in the labour process, but of the tendency for capital accumulation to take the form of the overaccumulation and uneven d ...
• "Aspects of the Post-Ricardian Literature"
  Interesting and thought-provoking passage from Samuel Hollander's Economics and Ideology: Aspects of the Post-Ricardian Literature (1979): It was Marx's position, as we have mentioned, that while the labor writers of the 1820s drew upon Ricardo's value theory to reach their conclusion regarding ...
• "Integrated Geographies"
  From Anthony Ince's Whither Anarchist Geography?:It has been said that anarchism combines a socialist critique of liberalism and a liberal critique of socialism. Its refusal to focus merely on "economics" or "freedom" or "culture," and so on, means that anarchism is inherently multifaceted and a ...
• Colbert on Atheists
  I enjoyed this passage from Stephen Colbert's I Am America (And So Can You!): AtheistsThese No-goodnik no-Godniks are growing in numbers and power in America. It makes me wonder how a God could exist Who'd allow people to piss me off so much.Luckily, a recent survey published in the American Soc ...

Media Co-Op

• Shine a Light: Write an Investigative Feature ...
  Pitch deadline: August 1 at midnight People say the summer is slow for news, but we know you've got a hard hitting story you want to write. We're looking for an investigative feature for our Nov/Dec 2013 issue of The Dominion. The d ...
• Blasts to wake the dead - SWN Resources Canada ...
  Interviews with family members of those buried at the Rogersville cemetery ROGERSVILLE, NEW BRUNSWICK - On July 21st we learned that SWN Resources Canada had an undetermined amount of unexploded ordinance behind a cemetery on Pleasant Ridge ...
• Discussion sur l'art de capter des manifestati ...
  Cet échange d'expérience avec Biron Desbois a été enregistré au dernier salon du livre anarchiste de Montréal et est le premier d'une série de trois entrevues.
• New Brunswick Minister of Transportation spott ...
  Interview with Claude Williams, MLA for Kent South COCAGNE, NEW BRUNSWICK - Yesterday, July 20th, saw dozens of anti-shale gas activists stage a rally in the seaside community of Cocagne, New Brunswick. The high-spirited action brought toge ...
• Holy Jumpin Mackerel Fish
  This blog was originally posted at Small Scales, the excellent East Coast fisheries blog administered by the Marine Issues Committee of the Ecology Action Centre. by Sadie Beaton. A version of this post originally appeared at&nbs ...

David Seaton's News Links

• Snowden... what if?
  David Seaton's News LinksDisclaimer: I would start off by saying that whoever or whatever Edward Snowden is, I believe that he has performed an important and useful service to America and to the world by revealing the extent of the National Security Agency's spying programs.  This universal ...
• The death of Trayvon Martin
  David Seaton's News LinksTaking the whole thing into account, taking as given America's history of racial tension, thus taking as given the practical inevitability of "racial profiling" I think the root cause of Trayvon Martin's death was that George Zimmerman was allowed to carry a pistol.Racia ...
• Could a Nobel Peace Prize injure the sphincter ...
  David Seaton's News Links"None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant to this act shall be obligated or expended to finance directly any assistance to any country whose duly elected head of government is deposed by military coup or decree." - Foreign Operations, Export Fi ...
• Alexis de Tocqueville defines Barack Obama
  David Seaton's News LinksAlexis de Tocqueville Quote of the day: "Very few monarchs, from Augustus to our day, have failed to keep up the outward forms of freedom while they destroyed its substance, in the hope that they might combine the moral power of public approval with the peculiar convenie ...
• Wouldn't it be nice to actually see Edward Sno ...
  David Seaton's News Links"Beyond technical systems, U.S. officials are deeply concerned that Snowden used his sensitive position to read about U.S. human assets, for example spies and informants overseas as well as safe houses and key spying centers. They worry this recent quote from Snowden was ...

MoJo - Kevin Drum

• Is It Time to Ban Banks Completely From Commod ...
  Last night the New York Times put up a story about the purchase of an aluminum warehousing business by Goldman Sachs. Today, Matt Yglesias points out that the whole thing really doesn't make sense. Here is Goldman's apparent business strategy: Buy Metro International, a leading aluminum w ...
• The Vampire Squid Has Set Its Sights on Your B ...
  Many of us already view the financial industry as little more than a gigantic shakedown of the American public. But even so, there are still days when we can be dumbfounded by the sheer scale and gall of their machinations. Today is one of those days. The New York Times reports that Goldman ...
• How Public Should Public Information Be?
  Just how public should public information be? That's a trickier question than you might think, and it's one that we should have addressed a long time ago. Here's today's example: should California publish on the web the names and monthly pension payments of all state retirees? It's public info ...
• Saturday Suburban Wildlife Blogging
  We have been besieged lately by a possum who comes in through the cat door and hoovers up Domino's cat food. This is Not Good. I tried and tried to trap him using cat food as bait, but he was too smart for that. He only wanted the food that was actually in Domino's bowl. Then, a couple of days ...
• Republican War on Obamacare Reaching Absurd Ne ...
  We all know that Republicans are hellbent on sabotaging Obamacare any way they can. But the lengths they're going to are pretty astonishing. A few weeks ago The Hill reported that some Republican congressional offices, which routinely help constituents navigate the federal government, plan to ...

Insanity Report

• IC 402: Nolan’s Back
  Kriss is really excited about SDCC news Kriss goes off on nerds Kev tries to steal a man’s girlfriend…then embarrasses the dude in front of her A man that is really bad at parallel parking The horrible Gladiator 2 script Share with your friends:
• IC 401: Distraction
  Most people are aware of how rough this week has been so this show is Kriss, Kev & Rod from The Black Guy Who Tips trying to have a show focused on the more fun things in life. Random topics and reading back some listener emails. Also Kriss recorded his thoughts earlier in the day [...]
• IC 400: Dear White People
  400 shows Kev retells some stories about his Europe trip Race relations break down when The Insanity Check takes a break What people don’t understand about the Paula Deen situation White people trolling The Zimmerman Trial Dear White People Jon Jones is the Lebron James of the UFC The misu ...
• IC 399: Man of Feel
  Kriss wasn’t impressed by E3 Games aren’t the next generation of consoles Fanboys complaining about Microsoft giving them what they’ve been asking for Sony’s smart PR war The Next-Gen is a marathon not a sprint Man of Steel & Nerds Why nerds get defensive about block ...
• IC 398: Tentacle Porn
  NSA whitleblower goes to China Osama Bin Laden died horribly as a former rich guy Why no one fucks with Japan Man breaks into houses and sucks unsuspecting men’s dicks The Rock is having a good year Marvel Studio’s has some great casting Women have bad online dating profiles too Kris ...

Simple Climate

• Speeding poor countries’ progress could halve ...
  Reducing the ‘yield gap’ between rich and poor countries could almost halve the increase in worldwide greenhouse gas emissions from farming between 2010 and 2050, say Hugo Valin from the IIASA in Austria and his teammates.
• Scientists spotlight rock’s role in carbon cap ...
  Comparing three carbon capture and storage sites shows how the makeup of the rocks that CO2 is pumped into influences the risk of leakage, find University of Bristol’s James Verdon and colleagues.
• Extra climate targets urge faster CO2 cuts
  Avoiding damage from climate change needs multiple goals that would mean even lower carbon emissions than for temperature limits alone, Marco Steinacher and his team from the University of Bern, Switzerland, have found.
• Extra climate targets urge faster CO2 cuts
  Avoiding damage from climate change needs multiple goals that would mean even lower carbon emissions than for temperature limits alone, Marco Steinacher and his team from the University of Bern, Switzerland, have found.
• Missed Greenland melt cause raises sea level c ...
  Climate models aren’t simulating jet stream changes responsible both for record melt in Greenland and unusual wetness in UK in 2012, warns Edward Hanna from the University of Sheffield, which could mean we’re surprised by sea level rise.

e!Science News

• How to survive without sex: Rotifer genome rev ...
  How a group of animals can abandon sex, yet produce more than 460 species over evolutionary time, became a little less mysterious this week with the publication of the complete genome of a bdelloid rotifer (Adineta vaga) in the journal Nature. read more
• 2 in 1 solution for low cost polymer LEDs and ...
  Considerable improvement in device performance of polymer-based optoelectronic devices is reported today by researchers from Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), South Korea. The new plasmonic material, can be applied to both polymer light-emitting diodes (PLEDs) and polym ...
• Geochemical 'fingerprints' leave evidence that ...
  The Yarlung-Tsangpo River in southern Asia drops rapidly through the Himalaya Mountains on its way to the Bay of Bengal, losing about 7,000 feet of elevation through the precipitously steep Tsangpo Gorge. read more
• Greening of the Earth pushed way back in time
  Conventional scientific wisdom has it that plants and other creatures have only lived on land for about 500 million years, and that landscapes of the early Earth were as barren as Mars. read more
• Sea level rise: New iceberg theory points to a ...
  In events that could exacerbate sea level rise over the coming decades, stretches of ice on the coasts of Antarctica and Greenland are at risk of rapidly cracking apart and falling into the ocean, according to new iceberg calving simulations from the University of Michigan. read more

unEarthed

• Senate Stops Antics, Approves New EPA Chief
  Gina McCarthy chosen to protect our air, land, water Gina McCarthy is our nation's new EPA Administrator. (EPA) The partisan antics of a few in the Senate fin ...
• Obama Needs to Step Up Climate Change Plan
  Only a great leap forward can succeed against this critical issue Last year was the warmest year on record for the continental United States. (Boris Ryaposov / Shutterstock) ...
• Floating Through Time and Splendor in The Gran ...
  The song and sights of nature wring evoke pride for the work of Earthjustice Paddling down the Colorado River. (Richard Kirst) This is my first day back in th ...
• Driven From Predator to Prey - Sharks Face Ext ...
  Milions lose their fins and lives to the sharkfin soup market Hammerhead sharks are common targets of the finning industry. (Ian Scott / Shutterstock) Every y ...
• Judge: Fisheating Creek Should Flow With Water ...
  Ag giant Lykes Brothers snubbed in attempt to fill creek, ban public access A swimming hole at Fisheating Creek. (B A Bowen Photography / Flickr CC) I’m ...

Brave New Climate

• New critique of AEMO 100% renewable electricit ...
  Guest post by Dr Ted Trainer, University of NSW (http://ssis.arts.unsw.edu.au/tsw/). For other critiques of the “100 Per Cent Renewables Study – Draft Modelling Outcomes” report on BNC, see here and here. Summary: The AEMO report concludes that 100% of Australian electricity demand c ...
• A tale of three cities
  Guest Post by Geoff Russell. Geoff is a mathematician and computer programmer and is a member of Animal Liberation SA. He has published a book on diet and science, CSIRO Perfidy. Thought experiments have a long noble tradition in more than a few sciences. Here’s one that I think is illumin ...
• Log, slash, truck and burn – welcome to ...
  Guest Post by Geoff Russell. Geoff is a mathematician and computer programmer and is a member of Animal Liberation SA. He has published a book on diet and science, CSIRO Perfidy. Back in 2011, the federal Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency commissioned the Australian Energy Marke ...
• Advanced fission and fusion technologies for s ...
  Last week, the Australian Academy of Science held their annual meeting in Canberra, and the final day’s event was focused on energy technology. The symposium was called “Power to the people: the science behind the debate“. I was invited as one of the speakers, to discuss next-g ...
• Green Junk – In praise of waste
  This post has two purposes. First, for those who don’t follow my Twitter feed (hey, why don’t you?), I’d like to highlight some terrific work from Geoff Russell and Ben Heard that has hit the ‘net over the past few weeks. These are all ‘must reads’ – wit ...

Indigenist Opinion

• 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 ...

Republicans are a Disease

• From Daily Koz
  “One difference between liberals and conservatives is, liberals correct their mistakes to keep up with reality while conservatives correct their reality to keep up with their mistakes.”
• Female? Republican?
  Are you f-ing insane?
• Niall Ferguson Is An Idiot
  On “Morning Joe” Niall Ferguson claimed that jobs were not being created because “Small businesses are deeply discouraged from hiring people by a massive regulation. I know this because I should try to setting up a business.” He then goes on to blather more nonsense. Look ...
• Glenn Beck You And Your Friends Are The Diseas ...
  ““But it makes total sense if people understand progressivism is a disease in the Republican Party as well,” Beck responded.” Yeah, that’s right Beck. Making sure all American have a chance to get ahead, that’s a disease right? All Americans have a right to see a doctor w ...
• The Rich Get Richer
  And the poor get poorer. Who do you blame? Republicans or Democrats? Both? If you think the “rich” earned their money think again. They have all the advantages. Tax loopholes written especially for them, and the companies they own. The ability to move their money offshore, or put it ...

Appalachia Rising

• Residents Bring Dirty Water from Mountaintop R ...
  Dozens of Appalachians and their allies bring hundreds of gallons of toxic water from their homes to EPA offices in Washington, D.C. WASHINGTON D.C.– Citizens from across the country have travelled to the nation’s capitol to urge an end to … Continue reading →
• We’re Bringing Toxic Water to the EPA &# ...
  Folks have begun arriving in Washington DC for a week of meetings with the Obama Administration and lawmakers asking for protections for Appalachian water.  We have brought over 100 gallons of toxic water from Virginia, West Virginia and Kentucky with … Continue reading →
• Video: EPA Action May 8th!
  Join us in DC on May 8th, 2013 Join Appalachia Rising in D.C on May 8, 2013! from Zein Nakhoda on Vimeo. Please share this powerful video made by Zein Nakhoda for our EPA ACtion on Wednesday, May 8th at … Continue reading →
• May 8th: Day of Action
  Dear friends of Appalachia: Will you join us in Washington DC on Wednesday May 8th to tell the EPA that millions of people across the country stand with Appalachia? Please meet us at the EPA Headquarters at 9am, and be … Continue reading →
• More Actions in Atlanta!
  Actions at EPA Region 4 offices at Atlanta!

Amped Status

• ‘Another World Is Happening’ &#821 ...
  Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks, interviews David DeGraw about the birth and evolution of Occupy Wall Street on its one year anniversary: "This is about empowering a new generation to be leaders, to be engaged.... We have millions of people engaged in creating change that were not engaged an ...
• Happy 1 Year Anniversary to Anonymous 99 #OpES ...
  Cross-posted from MoneyOutPack.org, June 14, 2012 Here's a little Occupy history for you... Today, June 14th, Flag Day, marks the one year anniversary of A99 #OpESR. On this day last year, Anonymous and the 99% Movement launched a collaborative effort in Zuccotti Park, and 22 other locatio ...
• As the 99% Movement Evolves, It’s Time t ...
  By David DeGraw “You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.” – Bob Dylan For those of us in the 99% Movement who started organizing Occupy in the spring of 2011, Flag Day June 14th marks the one-year anniversary since we first gathered in Zuccotti Park and 22 other loc ...
• The Evolution of the Butterfly
  Renowned cellular biologist, Dr. Bruce Lipton narrates the process of a caterpillar transforming into a butterfly over a milieu of imagery in "The Evolution of the Butterfly". The film combines first hand footage from the Occupy Wall Street movement with stylized portraits of the recent eco ...
• After Being Beaten and Arrested Several Times, ...
  This is Daniel Murphy @ Union Square on March 22nd:

+972

• Marketing ‘no-blacks’ apartment bu ...
  Amid efforts to deport, imprison and segregate African asylum seekers in Israel, real estate agents are now marketing ‘clean’ apartment blocs, meaning no foreign workers or asylum seekers will live there. Last week Army Radio reported that real estate agencies in south Tel Aviv are a ...
• Activists and actors host Hakawati Theater sol ...
  Music, monologues and theatrical performances filled Mahsan 2 in Jaffa, with artists, activists and MKs hoping to raise the public profile of a Palestinian children’s festival cancelled by Israeli authorities last month. An Israeli audience filled the 200-seat theater at Mahsan 2 at Jaffa Port y ...
• ‘Settlements ignite a chain reaction of human ...
  +972 speaks with Jessica Montell, of B’Tselem – The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, about the settlements and occupation staring the Israeli public in the face, and communicating the human rights message effectively, at home and abroad. From her fourth fl ...
• Goodbye boycott: The cost of Kerry’s &#8 ...
  The tactic of punishing Israel for the occupation was finally beginning to take a psychological toll – then the U.S. secretary of state rode to the rescue. The Palestinian Authority was planning to go to the UN in September, in line with the 20th anniversary of the failed Oslo Accords, and ...
• B’Tselem spokesperson wounded at West Ba ...
  B’Tselem spokesperson and colleague Sarit Michaeli was shot in the leg from close range on Friday by IDF soldiers while documenting the weekly protest in Nabi Saleh, as she has been doing for years. She issued a statement Saturday on her understanding of what happened, which I translated b ...

Sustainability,water,etc - Oz gov't

• Turtle power!
  Kowabunga! A lucky green sea turtle was released off The Strand in Townsville today by Federal Environment Minister Mark Butler following its solar-powered ‘hydro’ treatment at the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority’s Reef HQ Aquarium turtle hospital.
• Further funding to protect the Great Barrier Reef
  New funding of $5 million to protect the Great Barrier Reef from coral-eating predators was announced today by Federal Minister for the Environment Mark Butler.
• Supporting Indigenous management of Queensland ...
  The Rudd Government has committed $930,000 to Indigenous organisations and Traditional Owners across Queensland to manage marine turtles, dugongs and sea-country.
• Antarctic Officials meet on Southern Ocean Mar ...
  Australian Antarctic policy makers and scientists will today put forward the case to establish an East Antarctic representative system of marine protected areas (MPAs) to a Special Meeting of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) in Bremerhaven, Germany.
• A plan to protect the Great Barrier Reef
  The Australian and Queensland governments confirmed their commitment to protecting the Great Barrier Reef with today’s release of the 2013 Reef Water Quality Protection Plan and the 2011 Great Barrier Reef Report Card.

Matt Weidner Blog

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abelard - news

• balance and poise, if not beauty | fun news at ...
  Training, study and perseverance, as well as physical control and concentration.
• abelard.org service announcemment
  abelard and yaks are moving to a new permanent terrain. During the process of wiring a new electronic space-yurt, abelard will be providing a very intermittent service.
• balance and poise, if not beauty | fun news at ...
  Training, study and perseverance, as well as physical control and concentration.
• socialism and appeasement - so few stood firm ...
  abelard examines the German-Russian alliance and what actually occurred with German reparations.
• last-minute team and team strip updates | tour ...
  Change of sponsors and changes of strip - to help those watching close up, or on TV and other media. From a yurt being prepared for moving!

The Parallel Parliament

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Vaccine Awakening

• Desperate Times for Vaccine Risk Denialism
  posted May 14, 2013 by Barbara Loe Fisher   These are desperate times for those denying vaccine risks. We know it because we are witnessing so many acts of desperation being committed by doctors determined to shut down the public conversation about vaccination and health. Vaccine r ...
• Women, Vaccines & Bodily Integrity
  Posted 1/24/2013 By Barbara Loe Fisher   2013 was only a few days old when I saw a photo of 61-year old Ethel Hoover, a veteran hospital nurse, who had only missed 4 or 5 days of work in 22 years, she was fired from her job for declining to get a flu shot. Defending Freedom of Consc ...
• IOM Issues Report on Safety of the Child Vacci ...
  Posted on 1/16/2013 by Barbara Loe Fisher Yesterday, the Institute of Medicine issued a report The Childhood Immunization Schedule and Safety: Stakeholder Concerns, Scientific Evidence and Future Studies. The report was based on a 12-month evaluation by an IOM committee of the scientific evid ...
• Under Attack, NVIC Helps Americans Stand Up & ...
  Posted: 11/20/2012 by Barbara Loe Fisher In 2013, the National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC) enters our fourth decade of preventing vaccine injuries and deaths through public education and defending the legal right to make voluntary vaccination decisions in America.[1] Each year du ...
• Influenza Deaths: The Hype vs. The Evidence
  Posted: 10/3/2012 By Barbara Loe FisherIt's that time of the year again when drug companies, doctors, government officials and media conduct a national advertising campaign to sell flu shots to every American.1, 2, 3 You can't pass by a pharmacy,4enter a supermarket,5  ...

2020 Science

• The science of VidCon – Connecting with Scienc ...
  Where I cover science at this year’s VidCon YouTube convention, take a look at science and engineering more broadly on YouTube, and suggest that for next year’s VidCon the organizers should bring together some of the leading science projects on YouTube with grass-roots science-advoca ...
• Frying your brains on information overload: Ol ...
  Living online is changing our brains – at least according to Baroness Greenfield in an interview posted today by New Scientist. Leaving aside questions over the extent to which Greenfield’s concerns are driven by misapprehension or plausibility, the interview put me in mind of a rath ...
• Would You Lick Jam Off An Old Man’s Foot? and ...
  Would You Lick Jam Off An Old Man’s Foot Or Drink Toilet Water For An Hour? Can you explain how gravitons can escape a black hole?  Or do you have a good answer to the question “why are people annoying?” This is just a sampling of some of the more entertaining and challenging questio ...
• What was worrying us about nanotechnology safe ...
  In 2004, the first International Symposium on Occupational Health Implications of Nanomaterials was held in Buxton in the UK.  Seven years later, I’m preparing for a discussion panel at the fifth meeting in this very successful community-led series (being held this week in Boston MA), and ...
• Want to know about teens and social media from ...
  If you are a teen who uses YouTube (or know of one – maybe even your own teenager), please think seriously about posting a response to this video: (You can also watch it directly on YouTube here). Over on the Risk Science Blog, I’ve just posted a piece about Baroness Susan Greenfield ...

Reader Supported News

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War Resisters League

• Aging Behind Bars
  [Originally published on June 6th, 2013 on Criminaljusticedegreehub.com] Tagged: aging, infographic, Mass incarceration, new Jim Crow, PIC, prison industrial complex, racial, racist prisons, repression, stric sentencing, US cages, US Prisons
• The End of Passive Revolution in Brazil
  [originally published on June 22nd, 2013 in La Jornada.] by Massimo Modonesi and translated from Spanish by Linda Quiquivix The Brazilian experience over the last 10 years under its progressive governments (of first Lula and now Dilma) has been characterized … Continue reading →
• Tipping Towards Iraq’s Squares: An Inter ...
  [Originally published on January 22nd, 2013 on Jadaliyya.] by Ali Issa  The Iraqi state releasing 335 detainees this past week? Prime Minster Nouri al-Maliki bussing in a few hundred paid “supporters” to rally? What gives? Signs point to the wave … Continue reading →
• U.S. Tear Gas Still on the Streets of Egypt: H ...
  Earlier last week, Egyptians poured out onto the streets across Egypt to protest President Morsi’s dictatorial decree overriding the power of the courts, attempting to keep a heavily Muslim Brotherhood-influenced constitutional assembly in tact, and granting himself seemingly unchecked authority ...
• منظمة مقوامة الحروب الامريكية تمنح للقيادية ال ...
  للنشر الفوري 11-26-2012   للاتصال: ali@warresisters.org علي عيسى – في نيو يورك 718-310-9968  اسماء محمد – في سويس, مصر012-680-9980 منظمة مقوامة الحروب الامريكية تمنح للقيادية العمالية, اسماء محمد محمد, التي قالت لا للغاز المسيل للدموع, جائزة سلام كان رفضها لتمرير … Continue reading →

Center for a Livable Future

• Italian entrepreneur drives the extra mile for ...
  No doubt Stefano realizes he cannot provide the requisite food system glue all by his onesies, but perhaps he'll consent to being a one-man stopgap until more passionate foodie entrepreneurs like himself rush in where ordinary capitalists fear to tread.
• Fair Trade versus Organic: Perspective from Gu ...
  Witnessing first hand the struggles of the small-scale, fledgling farmers in rural Guatemala, I now have a better sense of the social implications of my food choices.
• CLF Week in Links: Superbugs, Immigration Refo ...
  GOP House leaders called the Sentate immigration bill “flawed legislation.” Let Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) know what you think @repgoodlatte.
• A Milestone: Worldwide Aquaculture Output Surp ...
  It is projected that aquaculture yields will exceed edible seafood from wild fisheries in the next couple of years.
• CLF Week in Links: Obesity, Oceans, Meat, and More
  Once we understood the harmful effects of tobacco, policymakers kicked in with higher tobacco taxes, smoking restrictions in public places, limitations on advertising, and so forth. Substitute sweetened beverages, calorically dense fast food, sugar- and fat-laden processed foods and snacks for t ...

k2p blog

• Female X chromosome contributes to male sperm ...
  Human females have two of the same kind of sex chromosome (XX) while males have two distinct sex chromosomes (XY). Now new research indicates that the X chromosome may contribute heavily to sperm production in males -- which sounds vaguely incestuous!! But the news that females have always cont ...
• Fun and games at the US Senate hearing on Glob ...
  A US Senate hearing has just been held under the Chairmanship of Senator Boxer “to focus on Climate Change and the serious threat it poses to our nation”. But if the hope was that the case for global warming was going to be established beyond any reasonable doubt then it seems the hearings have ...
• Fun and games at the US Senate hearing on Glob ...
  A US Senate hearing has just been held under the Chairmanship of Senator Boxer “to focus on Climate Change and the serious threat it poses to our nation”. But if the hope was that the case for global warming was going to be established beyond any reasonable doubt then it seems the hearings have ...
• Noted in passing 21st July 2013
  Noted in Passing 21st July 2013
• Noted in passing 21st July 2013
  Noted in Passing 21st July 2013

Left Foot Forward

• I wish Kate and William well, but there is sti ...
  A Royal baby is on the way as Kate goes into Labour today. The media gather outside of St Mary’s Hospital in London in anticipation of whether it is a boy or a girl.
• US-EU trade talks – what about the workers?
  During the recent G8 Summit in Belfast, David Cameron said the time had come to ‘press ahead’ with the EU-US free trade deal, known as the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).
• What evidence is there that porn actually caus ...
  Much of the reaction to David Cameron's announcement today that every household in the UK is to have pornography blocked unless they choose to receive it has looked at how 'workable' the policy might be in practice.
• Why Israeli-Palestinian talks could succeed
  Whilst it is easy to rattle off reasons why things won’t work out in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, it is important not to overstate these, nor to lose sight of factors which could play in favour of a successful outcome
• Mum-of-three dead from brain tumour three week ...
  A mother of three has died just three weeks after being told by Atos that she was fit to work.

Consumerist

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Whistleblogger - GAP

• NSA Bigger than the Pentagon: Daily Whistleblo ...
  Washington Post: NSA Growth Fueled by Need to Target Terrorists This lengthy exposé details the growth of the National Security Agency (NSA) after 9/11, with its headquarters already bigger than the Pentagon and becoming the prime intelligence agency in "finding al-Qaeda and other enemies ove ...
• Whistleblowers, Journalists, and the New War W ...
  On Thursday, July 25, GAP will be hosting a conference at the National Press Club featuring a panel of thought leaders in the categories of whistleblowing, privacy laws, digital media and journalism. "Whistleblowers, Journalists, and the New War Within" July 25, 2013, 8:30 am – 11:00 am The Nat ...
• Former NSA Head Calls Snowden a "Benedict Arnold"
  CNN: Ex-CIA Chief – What Edward Snowden Did Michael Hayden In this editorial, former head of the NSA and CIA Michael Hayden lambasts Snowden and nearly every national security whistleblower. Hayden says “Snowden is in a class by himself,” when it comes to national security cases that have harm ...
• Patriot Act Author Denounces Government Use of ...
  Washington Post: Whoa – Watch the Patriot Act’s Author Warn Congress Might Cancel the Spying Program Rep. Sensenbrenner (R-Wis), who authored the Patriot Act and spent years defending it against civil liberties advocates, criticized the national security establishment’s interpretation of the A ...
• Snowden and Former Senator Correspond: Daily ...
  The Guardian: Email Exchange Between Edward Snowden and Former GOP Senator Gordon HumphreyGetty Images: Terry Ashe A recent Guardian article reveals an email conversation between Edward Snowden and former Republican Senator Gordon Humphrey, who served for twelve years on the Foreign Relations, ...

UK Progressive

• The Boston Marathon Bombers and the Theory of ...
  by Tina Dupuy My working theory—you could call it a philosophy, or a freestanding reason of how the world works—is what I call the Theory of Relative Laziness. It goes like this: Never attribute anything to conspiracy, coordination or planning when laziness could explain it. Call it Occam’s Armc ...
• Six Claims on Detainee Torture, Skewered
  by Christie Thompson ProPublica Among the news that ended up being buried in the events last week: A nonpartisan think tank, the Constitution Project, released a scathing, 577-page report on the U.S.’s treatment, and torture, of detainees in the aftermath of 9/11. The investigation began in 2009 ...
• Illegal Abortion and ‘The Way of the World’
  by Tina Dupuy The Women’s Medical Society in West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, run by Dr. Kermit Gosnell was one of the few places in the state to provide late-term abortions. From witness accounts the clinic smelled of cat urine. There was a free-roaming, flea-infested feline that reportedly def ...
• The Dis-Uniting of America (2): Social Issues ...
  by Robert Reich My first reaction on hearing of the Senate’s failure to get 60 votes for even modest measures to regulate the flow of guns into the hands of people who shouldn’t have them, such as background checks supported by 90 percent of Americans, was to be furious at the spinelessness of t ...
• Boston Strong!
  by Janet Landry-Borden On March 5, 1770 three men were killed on the streets of Boston in what came to be known as the Boston Massacre. Two more died later from their injuries, and several more were wounded. It took five years for the British to begin to feel the tremors of the outrage of that [...]

NewsAlert

• The Diminishing Returns of Large Cities: Popul ...
  New Geography reports:One of the big myths of the twentieth century is that large American cities are necessary and inevitable. Yet in reality growth has been dispersing to suburbs and smaller cities for the last two decades. As the decline of Detroit, once the country’s fourth largest city, rev ...
• Embattled IRS chief counsel met with Obama 2 d ...
  The Daily Caller
• Chicago Murder: State Sen. Harris’ brother-in- ...
  WGN TV
• John Stossel - Unions: The Costs & Benefits
• Dubai rape victim who was jailed for having se ...
  The Daily Mail

JoNova

• The start of the end — Mainstream press ...
  The Zeitgiest is shifting. The unthinkable is now thought, and in public. Politicians go cold as global warming debate loses spark From: The Times    July 23, 2013 12:00AM,   Reprinted in The Australian Soon will come the time when everyone says “I always knew it was wrong”. Tim Mont ...
• Weekend Unthreaded
  Will an election be called this week, or will Rudd wait… ? Rating: 6.8/10 (4 votes cast) Rating: 6.8/10 (4 votes cast)
• Breakthrough: Labor Party discovers perpetual ...
  The Labor government recently promised to reduce the price of carbon from the world-record-high of $25 a ton to a probably-could-be might-look-like $6 a ton price, as it switches (possibly) from a Carbon Tax to an Emissions Trading Scheme. The compensation that was promised to offset the Carbon ...
• India threatens Wind farms with fines. They mu ...
  What the Nanny-State Goddess Giveth… The intermittent power of wind towers plays havoc with electricity grids. Power black outs in India are so bad, they cut off the supply to 600 million or so people for two days last year. To make the grid more stable, an official somewhere decided it wo ...
• Try to keep up with Australian politics. The z ...
  So, we might have an election next month, we might trade carbon next year, the carbon price might be $24, or $6, or $40. We might have a new government soon, or none of the above. Hows that stability working out for us now Rob Oakshott and Tony Windsor? Kevin Rudd announced The Tax would move to ...

ReNew America

• Obamacare, the Supremes, Dickens, and the bumb ...
  (Wes Vernon, RA analyst) - No less a power than the highest court in the land has stumbled into the ultimate definition of Obamacare, and in the process has finally exposed the decades-long downslide of the political class's standards for honesty. It is up to us to try to reverse that...
• From preserving liberty to destroying it
  (Alan Keyes) - When the U.S. Supreme Court announced its Obamacare decision, many conservatives professed to be shocked, even stunned, to hear that G.W. Bush appointee John Roberts wrote the decision in which he and the Supreme Court's anti-constitutional leftists upheld the individual mandate p ...
• Building the free-market case against big business
  (Timothy P. Carney) - The most dangerous enemies of capitalism today are capitalists. This is becoming clearer every day to people committed to free markets. The conservative and libertarian grassroots came to deeply distrust big business after the Wall Street bailouts and Obama's stimulus and h ...
• New hope for life worldwide
  (Janice Shaw Crouse) - During discouraging times, pro-lifers remind themselves that William Wilberforce worked for two decades before he began to change hearts and minds and end 19th-century slavery in Great Britain. In efforts lasting twice as long, pro-life activists are just now beginning to ...
• Formal complaint seeks disbarment of Eric Hold ...
  (Daily Caller) - Attorney General Eric Holder could lose his license to practice law in the District of Columbia, or face some other penalty from the D.C. Bar, now that he has been found in criminal and civil contempt of Congress...

Truth Offering

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2012 Blog

• Gut Bacteria and Human Evolution
  Gut instinct tells me that cosmic rays are an important factor in human evolution, and that humans have evolved much more recently than scientists can ascertain (they basically only have bones to look at, whereas we are much more than just bones). But it’s not just cosmic rays, but rather ...
• New Chambers at Teotihuacan
  What I love about archaeology is that new things are being unearthed all the time. And when you are someone like me who makes crazy declarations that “pyramids are bunkers”, then each time  a new subterranean chamber is opened, it could contain evidence that supports my position. A ...
• Tunguska was a Meteorite
  For a long time Tunguska has been a mystery – was in a comet or a meteorite or something else (Tesla anyone?). To my knowledge, this is the first time the mystery has been solved using facts rather than speculation: An icy comet would evaporate on impact, which could explain the lack of a ...
• Gourmet Spam in Space
  In Hawaii six people are living in a geodesic dome, experimenting with they types of food that astronauts can eat when they journey to Mars. NASA have five meat products that have a long shelf life, and it is not surprising that one of them is Spam. One of the the problems with long-distance spa ...
• Mayan Pyramids Discovered in Chactun
  Incredibly, ancient cities are still being discovered, with large & intact buildings. Some jungles really are extremely impenetrable! Two weeks ago one was found in Cambodia, and now a Mayan city has been located in Mexico: The city was recently spotted in aerial photographs that had been sn ...

Facing South

• VOICES: Southerners take to the streets
  Challenging the stereotype of the happy-go-lucky Southerner, residents of North Carolina, Mississippi, Louisiana and Georgia are taking to the streets and standing up to the right-wing corporate agenda. read more
• Opening the Box: Sarah Shourd on Herman Wallac ...
  Once accused of being a spy and held in solitary confinement by the Iranian government, Sarah Shourd is now a playwright who is using her work to shine a light on the notorious case of Herman Wallace of Louisiana's Angola 3 and the broader human rights issue of prolonged solitary confinement in ...
• INSTITUTE INDEX: North Carolina tax revamp hel ...
  The Republican-led legislature has dramatically overhauled North Carolina's tax code, but not everyone will benefit from the changes. read more
• Virginia unveils plan for restoring voting rig ...
  In May, Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) announced a plan to automatically restore voting rights on an individual basis to nonviolent felons who completed their sentence. This week, his administration revealed the details of the plan, which was crafted with the help of voting rights advocacy grou ...
• NC Senate outdoes the House with harsh voter I ...
  The Republican-led state Senate unveiled legislation this week that will make it harder for hundreds of thousands of North Carolinians to vote. Voting rights advocates are protesting the latest example of the state's regressive political turn. read more

One News Page

• Apple to launch new versions of MacBook Pro an ...
  It seems that Apple is already working to release new improved version of the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro by June 2013. Reported by Firstpost 1 hour ago
• Kerala cops ask Facebook to remove fake photo ...
  N Vinayakumaran Nair, assistant commissioner of police, who heads the Hi-Tech Crime Enquiry Cell, said a probe had begun following a complaint from the parents of the woman whose picture was misused. Reported by Firstpost 1 hour ago
• Singapore court charges 4 Indians with compatr ...
  According to local media reports, they were drinking in Jurong Lake Park on the western industrial region of Singapore on New Year's Day Reported by DNA 1 hour ago
• Sajid Khan and Jacqueline Fernandez spotted ho ...
  The couple who has refrained from making any statements about their relationship so far finally decided to come out in the openAt the premiere of Marathi film Balak Palak held by Riteish Deshumukh last evening, his good friend Sajid Khan arrived arm-in-arm with girlfriend Jacqueline Fernandez, . ...
• Name anti-rape law after daughter: Delhi victi ...
  Asking the Centre to make amendments in law to name the proposed new anti-rape law after his daughter, father of the Delhi gang-rape victim on Thursday said it will be an honour to the girl and respect public sentiments. Reported by Rediff.com 1 hour ago

Global Research TV

• Pentagon Behind Egypt Military Coup
• Resistance in Istanbul: 5th Night
• Criminal and Complicit Mainstream Media
• Weight of Chains: Preview of New Film on Break ...
• A Nation Divided: The Balkanization of Syria

Daily Tech

• Specs, Renderings of Motorola Moto X Leak to t ...
  Moto X looks to be a solid mid range performer    
• Report: Apple Testing Larger iPhone Screens, 1 ...
  It's taking a lesson or two from the Samsung playbook    
• 7/22/2013 Daily Hardware Reviews
  DailyTech's roundup of reviews from around the internet for Monday    
• BMW Prices New i3 Electric Vehicle from $41,000
  Official debut will be July 29    
• After Three Days of Downtime, Apple Publicly A ...
  Apple's developer site was attacked on Thursday    

Oriental Review

• Afghanistan Transition 2014: Discerned Probabi ...
  Discernment of the probable form of the political transition of Afghanistan is one of the focal points of concern of the governments and public of Afghanistan, Pakistan and US, besides the regional countries and US’ major ISAF partners. Recent break down of the dialogue between US and Taliban – ...
• Episode 13. Why London presented Hitler with V ...
  Part I Any discussion of Hitler’s takeover of Austria must include the important role Mussolini played in the Anschluss.  Since Italy was one of the victors of WWI, that country was one of the primary guarantors of Austria’s neutrality and sovereignty.  The reason for this was simple: according ...
• Snowden: Up in Arms Against Established Order
  Edward Snowden, a young American, grabbed the world attention in the wink of an eye making the revelations on US global surveillance come into the open. The world telecommunications are under constant surveillance carried out by the watchful eye of US special services. The snooping is ubiquitous ...
• Snowden and the World’s No-fly Zones
  It took three weeks, till a high-ranked official of the United Nations, the commissary of human rights, Navi Pillay, made a commentary on the flight of Edward Snowden and his long-term seeking for asylum. She noticed publically that systematic violation of international law and human rights, how ...
• Episode 13. Why London presented Hitler with V ...
  State frontiers are established by human beings and may be changed by human beings. Adolf Hitler.  Mein Kampf  Diplomacy, with all the conventions of its forms, recognizes only real facts. Charles de Gaulle All of Adolf Hitler’s actions, from the time he rose to power in 1933 until 1939, c ...

BlogHer

• Truth and Dare: If You Weren’t Afraid, What Wo ...
  “Writing this book is what I would do if I weren’t afraid.” ~ Sheryl Sandberg, Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead, pp 25-27. How about you: What would you do if you weren’t afraid? With any part of your life–-personal, professional, voice, heart, body and/or soul? Let’s take a quick side ...
• Do I Really Need A Better Butt?
  I stood in the grocery last week, and it was difficult not to notice that four different magazines were featuring articles about a woman’s buttocks. In one magazine, there were pictures of different shaped buttocks and you were asked to identify the shape of your butt. To be honest, I wasn’t sur ...
• The Mommy Uniform: Yes, You Can Make It Stylish!
  There is one thing all moms eventually succumb to: The Mommy Uniform. We have all seen the generation before us rock the mom jeans and probably convinced ourselves we would never give in to such a thing. Well, we have... or will. And while the stained sweatpants will most likely be the weapon of ...
• Why I'm Saying "God Bless Texas"
  The first reason? Because it will probably make the "Hail Satan"-chanters really, really upset. Heheh. But for real, I'm a woman who has a soft spot in my heart for the Lone Star State (went to college there, married a Texan, love meat and big hair) and I couldn't be prouder of Texas than I am ...
• All You Really Need To Bring to BlogHer 2013
  Seth Godin tells a great story, the kind of story that changes the way you see the world around you.  In this classic post, he blogs about how author Amanda Hocking made a million dollars a year publishing her own work because she chose to “pick herself.” “Pick Yourself,” Godin recommends. ...

Health Freedom Alliance

• Anonymity In Genetic Research Can Be Fleeting
  ‘   People who volunteer for medical research usually expect to remain anonymous. That includes people who donate their DNA for use in genetic studies. But now researchers have shown that in some cases, they can trace research ... Related posts:Chinese Plant Compoun ...
• Polio Eradication Suffers A Setback As Somali ...
        Somalia hadn’t had a case of polio for nearly six years. But in the past few months, the virus has come back. Now the East African country has the worst polio outbreak anywhere in the ... Related posts:Paralysis Cases Spike in Wake of Bill Gates&#821 ...
• Toxic substances found in reserve
  The Environmental Protection Authority has been accused of covering up the discovery of some of the most poisonous substances on earth at levels well above health limits, alarming residents whose children use the tested area ... Related posts:Audit of the Federal Reserve Revea ...
• Are Antibiotics On The Farm Risky Business?
  You’ve probably seen the labels on meat in the store: “Raised without antibiotics.” They’re a selling point for people who don’t like how many drugs are used on chickens, turkey, hogs and beef cattle. Activist groups, ... Related posts:Scientists: ...
• In Argentina, Coca-Cola Tests Market For &#821 ...
  To escape Washington’s summer’s swelter, I’ve flown to Argentina and discovered that there’s one big surprise among the many things that set this part of the world apart at the moment. Yes, the steaks are great, the tangos ... Related posts:What Happens ...

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

• Friday roundup, July 19, 2013
  Competitors race down a big stockpile in a homemade coal lorry soapbox race car in Herten, Germany, Sunday, July 14, 2013. About 40,000 spectators climbed the 220 meters mine pile in the center of the Ruhr valley to watch the Red Bull soapbox fun race. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner) Here in West Vir ...
• Sen. Manchin’s ‘common sense&#8217 ...
  West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin keeps doing his best to promote himself as some sort of reasonable, bipartisan deal-broker, using his “common sense” approach to various issues. This maneuvering led him yesterday to be the only Democratic Senator to oppose the confirmation of the woman ...
• Sen. Manchin to vote against Obama EPA nominee
  West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin just finished up a quick floor speech in which he basically said that Gina McCarthy, President Obama’s nominee to run the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, is highly qualified for the post — but he’s going to vote against McCarthy’s conf ...
• Politics and power plants
  Gazette photo by Kenny Kemp That’s Senate President Jeff Kessler, D-Marshall, shown in the photo above. He’s offering some comments to the state Public Service Commission in support of Appalachian Power’s controversial proposal to acquire more ownership of two coal-fired power ...
• Corps seeks comments on Blair Mountain mining
  In this June 6, 2011 photo, this historical marker along W.Va. Route 17 in Blair, W.Va., is the only visible sign of the 1921 battle here between thousands of armed, unionizing coal miners and the thousands of law enforcement officers and security guards hired to defeat them. At least 16 men die ...

Daniel Miessler

• Google+ is Stuck in the Uncanny Valley
  Plenty of people have Google+ accounts, but do many people actually use them for being social? Marketing Land reports that online brand management firm Gigya has released new data showing that Google’s social network only accounts for 2% of all social sharing across the web. The most embarrassin ...
• Don’t Conflate the Actions of Manning and Snowden
  image from dailydot.com I’m not an expert on the Manning and Snowden cases, and to what extent that I could be I’m not sure it would help that much. Outside of the government and the actors themselves it’s difficult to truly know what all has taken place. What we do (seem to) k ...
• Sharing as the Ultimate in Decentralizing Disr ...
  Airbnb has also spawned its own ecosystem — ordinary people who will now come clean your home, coordinate key exchanges, cook dinner for you and your guests, photograph rooms for rent, and through the ride-sharing business Lyft, turn their cars into taxis to drive you around. “It used to be that ...
• Books Everyone Should Read
  Link here.Related Posts:This is a Snowflake2012 Site StatsProtesting with KindnessHacker News Coverage of the NSA Stories (IMG)My First Pair of ShoesThe Pope Came Out Against Clergymen Sexually Abusing…Trying Tempo for iOSThe Art of Lacing ShoesDeleting Horizontal Lines From WordiPhone vs ...
• Vitamin Supplements Seem to Be Junk Science
  Whatever the reason, the data are clear: high doses of vitamins and supplements increase the risk of heart disease and cancer; for this reason, not a single national or international organization responsible for the public’s health recommends them.via The Vitamin Myth: Why We Think We Need ...

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

• Edward Witten and the \(i\varepsilon\) prescri ...
  What it would look like if Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart decided to discuss A440, concert pitch (440 Hz), on 24 pages? Today, you may see the answer to a very similar question. Edward Witten finally attempted to solve a homework problem given not only to him by his (former) doctoral adviser in 19 ...
• Stephen Hawking got a flat tire
  ...but sang the Big Bang Theory theme song... Just like your humble correspondent yesterday, Stephen Hawking got a flat tire which is why he couldn't be at the Comic Con. At least, he prerecorded this monologue: He also sings the theme song of TBBT, a very successful sitcom of CB ...
• Bernhard Riemann: an anniversary
  Georg Friedrich Bernhard Riemann was born in a village in the Kingdom of Hanover on September 17th, 1826 and died in Selasca (Verbania), Northern Italy, on July 20th, 1866, i.e. 147 years ago. As you can see, he was 2 months short of 40 years when he died. His father was a poor Lutheran pas ...
• Naturalness and the LHC nightmare
  Phil Gibbs wrote a nice essay, Naturally Unnatural, in which he discusses the annual EPS-HEP conference that just began in Stockholm and the subdued/nightmare feelings that phenomenologists may have due to the perfect agreement between the LHC and the Standard Model. He adds comments about n ...
• Detroit declares bankruptcy
  ...but the distortion of the markets continues... Detroit declared bankruptcy according to the Chapter 9 of the federal law. You may see what it probably means for the city and the bondholders and others. We are talking about the "city proper" only – with 700,000 people, it's the 18th large ...

Tatumba 2.0

• Governor General reacts to the news of the roy ...
  Cheering crowds greeted news of the royal birth outside St. Mary’s hospital in London. News came piecemeal at first with an announcement made on the Twitter account of Clarence House, the official residence of Prince William and his wife. CBC | Top Stories News I fund CBC with my tax ...
• The Time To Fight Back Is Now: Striking Back a ...
  This article has been contributed by The Common Sense Show. Every day a granny is goosed by TSA, a federal swat team raids the wrong house, a citizen acquitted of a crime still has their property confiscated by authorities, even the dumbed down public is aware that their every communication is m ...
• Gold Surges To Its Best Day In 13 Months
  from Zero Hedge: With gold now up an impressive 13.1% from its post-Bernanke lows 3 weeks ago (notably more than the +8.8% in US equities), it appears the physical demand is quietly catching up to the paper supply. As we noted here, shorts covered around 11% of their positions in the last week a ...
• Royal baby bill challenge joined by Quebec att ...
  As anticipation mounts over the arrival of the first child of Prince William and his wife Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, the attorney general of Quebec has decided to weigh in on Canada’s law to change the rules of royal succession, CBC News has learned. CBC | Top Stories News I ...
• Here Is The Reason For Gold’s Massive Surge Ab ...
  from KingWorldNews: “COT data for week ending 7/16 show Commercials added to their Net Short Position by ‐5,566 contracts. As for the Specs, they added +6,905 contracts, bouncing off the lowest Net Long position since 2005. It’s too early to tell of course, but the data may signal the bottom for ...

Truth About Our World

• Notification
  This blogs entries have been moved to http://worldtruthtoday.wordpress.com/ I will no longer post anything here, although site will remain open for a while. Thanks Grace
• Trudell Documentary
• Occupy Wall Street “Beware The Zeitgeist ...
• The Dirty Fucking Hippies Were Right
• World War 3 (III,Three): September 11, 2001-20 ...

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

• Wastewater Injection Made Faults More Vulnerab ...
• Asparagus Ribbon Salad
• FRAC Act Re-introduced to Senate
• Three Ways the Industry-Backed Chemical Bill F ...
• Duke Study Links Fracking to Methane in Drinki ...

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

• What is the extreme heat doing to New York tra ...
• A trial balloon for a Spitzer prosecutor
• Spitzer's campaign runs against Audrey Gelman; ...
• Derek Jeter is back on the DL, and the Yankees ...
• What about Bill Thompson?

Views & News from Norway

• Orchestras losing money
  Norway’s philharmonic orchestras both in Oslo and Bergen have racked up losses and been forced to chip into their capital accounts.  Both blame the losses on higher pension costs. The Oslo Philharmonic and Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra logged losses for 2012 of NRK 2.8 million and NOK 3.6 ...
• Kids forced offline at popular summer camp
  The roughly 1,300 children from Oslo who’ve been accepted into a city-run  camp on an island south of the city this summer are told to leave their mobile phones at home. Camp officials want them to run around and have fun instead of sitting still and staring at screens. “Electronic g ...
• Fire forced evacuations
  At least 80 Norwegians were among those evacuated when fire broke out inside a hotel in the popular and low-cost resort area of Sunny Beach in Bulgaria over the weekend. No injuries were reported. The fire emptied and heavily damaged the Hotel Neptune, which Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) reported ...
• Dubai rape victim finally set free
  UPDATED: Government authorities in Dubai, faced with a tourism boycott for jailing and convicting a young Norwegian woman who’d reported a rape, chose to pardon and release her on Monday. Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide had said over the weekend that the sensational case had re ...
• July 22 memorials held nationwide
  Memorials were being held all over Norway on Monday as state and community leaders lent support to survivors of the terrorist attacks of July 22, 2011. Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, who had a full schedule of appearances on the second anniversary of the attacks on his government, said he thin ...

Permaculture Research Institute - Australia

• How to be Water Wise
  We are constantly being reminded of the necessity to use water with great care, yet this does not mean we have to abandon efforts to grow things — and especially our own food. There are many simple and practical ideas for home gardeners to make sure that their food gardens survive and thr ...
• First Impressions of China
  Anyone who is fairly informed probably has some knowledge or vague impressions of China. We are well aware of China’s breakneck economic growth in the last two decades. We are also aware of China’s hard consequences for its fastidious growth. Beijing recently made the news with recor ...
• Resources and Tips for Alternative Traveling ( ...
  by Mo Lohre & William Redwine On the Creating the Alternative tour (see our author profile) we have a procedure for finding out what is happening when we’re headed to a new town. This includes looking at a few different websites for leads. Since we need food and want the most fre ...
• Top Five Edible Shrubs for the Backyard Food F ...
  One of the key concepts of permaculture forest gardening is that we try to use all of the different layers available to us in our forest system. The trees at the top form the canopy, these trees get the most light, water and nutrients and are often the biggest ones in the system. In order [...]
• Natural Farming – from Dirt to Abundance in 12 ...
  Natural farming means: no water, no fertilizer, no herbicides, no pesticides. The only thing a natural farmer needs is seeds. Inspired by Masanobu Fukuoka. The first clip was taken March 7, 2013

Pointman's

• Know your enemy: the establishment journalist.
  The origins of journalism go back a long way. For most of agrarian history, there were individuals who travelled from settlement to settlement, mainly trading goods but part of what they did was bring the news of what was happening in those distant lands twenty or more miles away. Beyond the new ...
• Know your enemy: the environmental regulator.
  If you work in an industry and gain a reputation for being one of the more knowledgeable people knocking around in it, you’ll eventually be asked to attend external meetings to discuss things like standards or simply to represent the particular sector you are working in. They’re usua ...
• The pause.
  There’s a book called Puckoon by the wildly erratic comedy writer Spike Milligan. It concerns the travails suffered by a fictional village of the same name, as the boundary commission draws the border between Northern Ireland and the new Republic of Eire in the aftermath of the War of Inde ...
• Know your enemy : the alarmist scientist.
  I’d like to preface this piece by saying there are a number of scientists doing significant work in the field of climate science whom I deeply respect. They have all along raised the balanced doubts about the supposedly “settled” science and I’ve no doubt taken some easil ...
• Know your enemy : the climate activist.
  In the context of this series of articles about getting to know the opposition, I think it’s important at an early stage to get a realistic view of what we’re actually dealing with when it comes down to this particular category, because so many of the people who fall into the other c ...

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

• “This Day, We Use Our Energy for Revolution”
  Reprinted from our friends at Women With A Vision: This past Sunday, WWAV gathered with friends, allies and fellow organizers in a Solidarity Rally for Trayvon Martin. We want to personally thank everyone who came out so that we could raise our voices in unison.  This is the beauty of New ...
• Open Letter From Curtis Muhammad on Upcoming C ...
  Below we are reposting an open letter from civil rights movement veteran Curtis Muhammad, a founder of People's Hurricane Relief Fund and the International School for Bottom-Up Organizing, among many other projects and initiatives. Dear friends and comrades, We are fast approaching the time fo ...
• New Orleans Police Department Issues LGBTQ Pol ...
  From a press release from BreakOUT! After organizing for over two years, BreakOUT! members enjoyed a victory today in the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) with the issuing of Policy 402, dealing with the treatment of members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer/questio ...
• Victory! Sex Workers Removed From Louisiana Se ...
  From our friends at Women With A Vision and Center for Constitutional Rights: Louisiana to Remove Hundreds of Individuals Unconstitutionally Placed on Sex Offender Registry Last night, in a federal class action lawsuit filed by the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and co-counsel, a ...
• Statement From the Original Big 7 Social Aid a ...
  Reprinted from the Original Big 7 facebook page: The Original Big 7 Social Aid and Pleasure Club community is deeply saddened by the foolish violence that took place during our annual Mother’s Day’s Parade today. Our hearts and prayers go out to all of the victims of this tragedy and their fami ...

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

• 2003 Lambert Review: ‘seminal and pragmatic’
  Ric Parker was appointed Director of Research & Technology, Rolls-Royce Group in January 2001, and is based in Derby, United...
• 2003 Lambert Review: ‘a real game changer’
  Professor Sir Tim Wilson served as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hertfordshire from 2003 to 2010 and as its Deputy Vice...
• 10 years on from the Lambert Review: Join us o ...
  In 2003 Sir Richard Lambert delivered to then Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, what was to become a landmark...
• Full STEAM ahead – All-a-board for more Art in ...
  What does a scientist-cum-novelist, a mathematician, a creative director and a philosopher have in common? No – this is not...
• In the Premier League
  Last week the UK was ranked third in the 2013 Global Innovation Index produced by the business school INSEAD, the World...

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

• A heart to heart talk with Fair Dinkum Leon - ...
  My guest in the 2nd hour of today's show is Leon Pittard, host of Fair Dinkum Radio, a show which lifts the lid on the sordid mess of corruption, propaganda and disinformation which characterizes Australian public discourse on virtually any topic. During the show we go through issues of the da ...
• Craig Isherwood outlines plans for a Cyprus st ...
  Craig Isherwood is the National Secretary of the Citizen's Electoral Council (CEC). The CEC recently launched a petition to the Commonwealth Parliament, calling for immediate legislation to enact a Glass-Steagall-style banking separation in Australia, to protect deposits and essential banking se ...
• The psywar against Edward Snowden and Wikileaks
  As the psywar against Edward Snowden and Wikileaks steps up I want to offer my perspective on some aspects of the situation. Firstly, we have to recognise that in situations where the powers that be are powerless to directly control outcomes, they often resort to indirect means, specifically: ...
• The pale shadow of democracy
  In today's show we cover the bizarre turn of events in Australian politics which has seen the return of Kevin Rudd as the nation's Prime Minister. Is this democracy in action, or is it just the pale shadow of democracy? We also share some clips from ABC's coverage of the Edward Snowden story w ...
• Is surveillance a tool of political oppression ...
  National Security Agency (NSA) headquarters building in Fort Meade, Maryland. Is privacy an inalienable right? Is there a real expectation of privacy in a world where all communication is mediated by technology which can be easily hacked and intercepted by those with the time, money and inclin ...

Beacon

• California and Indonesia Urged to Build Relati ...
  A cooperative relationship between the U.S. and the Western Pacific island nations, where Pacific leatherback sea turtles return from California to nest, could help save the endangered leatherback sea turtle.  In response to Governor Brown’s signing of Assembly Bill 1776, which designate ...
• Mexican Stingrays: Stranded or Discarded?
  Photo: FELIX MARQUEZ/AP The news is buzzing with stories about more than 250 stingrays that have stranded on beaches in the Mexican state of Veracruz three days ago. Mass strandings of any animal are analyzed carefully to determine if the strandings are indicators of environmental health. How ...
• GREAT NEWS: Proposal Will Protect Loggerhead S ...
  New proposal would protect loggerhead nesting grounds in the waters off North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama and Mississippi. Photo: Alejandro Linares Garcia We're thrilled to share some great news with you -- After more than five years of delay, the federal government fi ...
• "Be a Voice for the Voiceless and Never Give U ...
  Derek Petrisko – Ft. Lauderdale, FL.  Derek, 11, along with his two brothers, founded Wild Over Wildlife (WOW!), a club for kids in elementary school who want to learn about and help protect the environment. Of the three boys, Derek leads the group’s focus on ocean issues, which includ ...
• Power Points, Sea Turtles, and Jimmy Buffett: ...
  Cori McWilliams – Vero Beach, FL. Growing up near one of the country’s most important sea turtle nesting sites inspired Cori, 9, to protect the oceans at a young age. Along the way she has become a do-it-all sea turtle advocate. As an active volunteer with the Sea Turtle Conservancy, Cori ...

Civilian Military Intelligence Group

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Japan Times

• Short of wholehearted support
  The LDP and Komeito parties should not view their Upper House election dominance, amid low voter turnout, as carte blanche to ramrod through pet policy ...
• Standing up for a longer life span
  Michael Jensen, a researcher at the Mayo Clinic, in Rochester, Minnessota, is talking on the phone, but his voice is drowned out by what sounds ...
• Team Green: keeping a baby’s gender a surprise
  When Prince William and his wife, Kate, chose not to learn whether their first child was going to be a boy or girl, they were ...
• Bizarre merchandising, tabletop Nintendo and n ...
  Armchair underworld Gangsters. Hostesses. And lots and lots of street fighting. No, this isn't a night in Shinjuku's Kabukicho red-light district. It's an evening with "Yakuza," ...
• Think before you ink if you work with kids
  I am very interested in getting an irezumi (traditional tattoo) in Japan. Are there any artists that will tattoo a foreigner? If so, who and ...

Alexander Higgins

• Alexander Higgins House, Blog Destroyed Sandy ...
  Alexander Higgins House, Blog Destroyed By Sandy Flooding When I was 16 my “foster” parents through me out on the streets in the middle of the Blizzard of ’96 and I spent the next 8 years battling homelessness. I worked … Continue reading →
• Disaster: Massive Traffic Jams As 11 FT Hawaii ...
  Hawaii residents a stuck massive in an hour long traffic jams trying to flee an 11 foot Tsunami is less than 30 minutes from hitting the shore.
• ALERT: Update 11 FT Tsunami Heading Toward Haw ...
  A live Weather channel alert warns that a 7 foot Tsunami is heading directly toward Hawaii following a major 7.7 earthquake off the coast of Canada earlier.
• Seattle Police Given Approval To Deploy NDAA S ...
  The FAA has given Seattle police approval to start using NDAA surveillance drones for law enforcement spy operations on American citizens.
• Sandy Worst Storm In 100 Years: East Coast Awa ...
  A massive storm is expected to hit the East Coast during the days leading up to Halloween, which meteorologists anticipate will cost up to $5 billion in damages.

Macleans - Central

• The PBO’s still not getting the informat ...
  The interim Parliamentary Budget Officer reports on her latest plea
• The Royal baby will make you rich (if you&#821 ...
  No economy-wide boost expected from William and Kate's newborn
• Government advertising doesn’t work, exc ...
  It probably doesn't matter how many people use the Action Plan website
• Tweeting the Great Kate Wait
  While cynics do their best to pretend to ignore the royal birth, the rest...
• Hire that Facebook party animal
  Don't be afraid of the job applicant with a beer in both hands

Making It Count - CCPA

• The City of Regina’s Terrible Example
  At 1pm today, Regina city clerk Joni Swidnicki announced that the Regina Water Watch petition to force a referendum on the City’s plan to finance, build and operate a new wastewater treatment plant under a P3 model had been deemed invalid due to insufficient “valid” signatures. ...
• Inflation Eats Up More Than Half of Wage Gains
  Today, Statistics Canada reported an inflation rate of 1.2% for June, validating the Bank of Canada’s recent decision to keep interest rates low for the foreseeable future. The rationale to raise interest rates would be to curb inflation, which is already under control and well below the central ...
• EI Benefits Falling Faster Than Unemployment
  Statistics Canada reported today that 12,290 fewer Canadians received Employment Insurance (EI) benefits in May compared to April. EI benefits are shrinking far faster than unemployment. In percentage terms, the number of EI recipients declined as much in just the last month as unemployment decl ...
• Last Week’s Job Numbers and the Perils of Punditry
  Last week, Statistics Canada released an article on changing labour market conditions for young workers since the 1980s and its monthly Labour Force Survey for June. Thursday’s article found that, compared to the early 1980s, employment outcomes have improved for Canadian women between 25 and 34 ...
• FINA: Are we ever ever ever getting back together?
  What happened Finance Committee? I remember, back when we first met, you asked me for my pre-budget submission and I gave it to you. You cared about my priorities. You asked me over for the Finance Committee’s Pre-Budget consultations. We talked. I felt like you really heard me. We made plans to ...

ReDress

• Has Israel groveller David Miliband changed hi ...
  Stuart Littlewood is surprised at the invitation by a pro-Palestinian medical charity to former UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband - a proven groveller to Israel - to speak at its annual fundraising gala.
• IMPORTANT: OUR WEBSITE IS CHANGING
  Redress Information & Analysis is moving to www.redressonline.com. From now on we will publish new articles on www.redressonline.com only and, in the meantime, we will transfer important long-shef-life articles from our old website to the new one.
• What might Netanyahu do if Romney's defeat bec ...
  Alan Hart examines whether Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is mad enough to order an attack on Iran in what remains of Obama’s first term without the president’s blessing and American participation.
• Israel's Salafi foot soldiers in the wake of a ...
  Nureddin Sabir argues that Israel must bear responsibility for creating the climate that gave rise to the anti-Islam film "Innocence of Muslims". But it is Israel's Salafi and Wahhabi foot soldiers behind the violent protests across the Arab and Muslim worlds who may eventually bring Arabs and M ...
• Anti-Islam film: free speech or inciting to riot?
  Lawrence Davidson argues that outage against the anti-Muhammad film "Innocence of Muslims" "has exposed the deep vein of anger against the United States that runs through the Muslim world", but doubts that American leaders would have the courage and foresight to re-examine the policies and behav ...

Revolutionary Politics

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Peakwater

• The Fracker’s Quest: More Water
  “Hydraulic fracturing (aka fracking) has recast the U.S.’s energy future, but it’s also shining a light on fragile water supplies, which could crimp the industry’s growth. The pinch is especially strong on shale energy producers and state regulators who are scrambling to find ways to keep ...
• The World Bank is bringing back big, bad dams
  “Following a trend set by new financiers from China and Brazil, the World Bank now wants to return to supporting mega-dams that aim to transform whole regions. In March, it argued that such projects could “catalyse very large-scale benefits to improve access to infrastructure service ...
• Water Works
  “The project, called Growing Vine Street, began as a small, grassroots effort among residents and property owners to turn their stretch of a former industrial neighborhood into an urban watershed. Twenty years later, it is a big part of the answer to the largest single source of pollution ...
• Water Transfer Project Brings Pollution to Nor ...
  “Shandong Province fish farmers saw their livelihood evaporate in June as their lake water blackened and emitted a putrid stench. Over a hundred of these fishermen lost a total of over US$8 million as several hundred pounds of fish died in the polluted waters. “There may be some fish in ot ...
• Karuma Villagers Want Dam Halted
  “After winning the contract for the construction of Karuma hydropower project, Chinese firm Sinohydro promised to start work within two weeks. However, this might not be possible, following fresh wrangles that threaten to delay the project. Besides compensation wrangles, a rival Chinese co ...

D. Kucinich

• The NDAA: More War Abroad and More Austerity H ...
  Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today spoke on the House floor in strong opposition to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). See video here. “In this discussion over the NDAA, we arrive at a moment where we meet the moral consequences of our nation’s choices over the past decade. W ...
• Kucinich: NO to #CatFoodChristmas
  Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today strongly objected to a proposal to cut Social Security benefits. The White House suggested a reduction in Social Security to cut costs as part of the so-called “fiscal cliff” negotiations.  The proposal called the “Chained Consumer Price Index” would ...
• Kucinich: Report on Benghazi Not the Full Story
  Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today took to the House floor to remind colleagues that while a supposedly independent investigation faulted the State Department for security failures in Benghazi, Libya it was the Administration that took us to war and created the chaos in Libya. See video h ...
• Kucinich: Diplomacy Over Provocation
  Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today released the following statement regarding H.R. 3783, Countering Iran in the Western Hemisphere Act of 2012. “In the developing relationship between Iran and the United States, there are many important issues to be addressed. We should address them throu ...
• Kucinich Calls for Organized Approach to Peace:
  Washington D.C. (December 17, 2012) – Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today took to the House floor to call for an “organized, structured approach” to peace in the wake of the horrible tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut. On Friday, Congressman Kucinich offered words of condolences to the familie ...

Authentically Wired

• “old hat” for Karzai
                     …This is “old hat” for Karzai as he was an executive with California’s Union Oil Company and “big-oil” is expect in shaking down and fleecing people…   The Final Shakedown 07-20-2013 ...
• Colorado Town Debates Bounty On Drones
  …Now this is something I can really get behind… Colorado Town Debates Bounty On Drones 07-18-2013  •  popsci.com  If the bill passes, it’s open season on government drones.   Filed under: Blogroll
• there is appreciable truth
  …Not a comforting thought but there is appreciable truth in it…   Trayvon Martin Stood His Ground and Got Murdered for It: So Did Native Americans In one respect — amidst an acquittal verdict of George Zimmerman that has been interpreted depending upon the prism through which one sees ...
• ALLEGATIONS ABOUT PENSIONS AND HEALTH CARE
  …NaturalNews reporting on alleged pension and health care modifications they see sends shock waves through our economy … why … as “we” (that’s you & me) can bring about a positive paradigm change… Both the pensions and health care benefits of most city and state (government) workers are goin ...
• who has ours…?
  …It’s all smoke & mirrors … FED has their back and Congress has the FED’s back … who has ours…?   Big Banks, Flooded in Profits, Fear Flurry of New Safeguards   Read the Article at DealBook   The nation’s six largest banks reported $23 billion in profits in the second quarter, ...

Popular Technology

• Obama Tweets Support for 97% Consensus Study, ...
  On May 16, 2013 President Obama tweeted support for a "study" that falsely manufactured a statistically worthless claim of a 97% consensus among scientist for human-caused global warming. However it was revealed in 2012 that team members from this study had celebrated the death of conservati ...
• Cook's 97% Consensus Study Game Plan Revealed
  In March of 2012, the climate alarmist website Skeptical Science had their forums "hacked" and the contents posted online. In a forum thread titled, "Introduction to TCP" (2012-01-19) John Cook layed out the game plan for the 97% consensus study, Cook et al. (2013) 'Quantifying the consensus on ...
• The Statistical Destruction of the 97% Consensus
  Dr. Richard Tol has been tweeting a statistical destruction of the "97% consensus" study, Cook et al. (2013) by educating co-author Dana Nuccitelli as to why his "sample" is not representative. "In his defense, [Dana] has had limited exposure to stats at uni" - Richard Tol Including "glob ...
• Debunking 9/11 Conspiracy Theories
  Table of Contents: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Preface 9/11 Conspiracy Theories Debunked - References - Reports World Trade Center Building 7 (WTC 7) - References - Reports Conspiracy Theory Videos Debunked Debates Books Peer-Reviewed Papers ...
• 97% Study Falsely Classifies Scientists' Paper ...
  The paper, Cook et al. (2013) 'Quantifying the consensus on anthropogenic global warming in the scientific literature' searched the Web of Science for the phrases "global warming" and "global climate change" then categorizing these results to their alleged level of endorsement of AGW. These res ...

Monga Bay ( Articles )

• Deforestation rate falls in Congo Basin countries
  Deforestation has fallen in Congo Basin countries over the past decade despite a sharp increase in the rate of forest clearing in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to a new study published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B as part of a set of 18 papers on the ...
• Scientists build app to automatically identify ...
  New technology makes it possible to automatically identify species by their vocalizations. The platform, detailed in the current issue of the journal PeerJ, has been used at sites in Puerto Rico and Costa Rica to identify frogs, insects, birds, and monkeys. Many of the animals identified by the ...
• Investigation clears APP of deforestation alle ...
  Two logging companies that supply Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) with timber have not violated the Indonesian forestry giant's new zero deforestation commitment, according to a field investigation by The Forest Trust, a conservation group. The investigation was a direct response to allegations rais ...
• Stand up paddleboarding in the Amazon for cons ...
  This week an international team is setting off on a unique journey, aiming to be the first to descend the Amazon River using inflatable Stand Up Paddle boards. The group, led by Dr. Mika Peck, a conservation biologist from the University of Sussex with years of work in Ecuador and Colombia, incl ...
• The Egyptian Vulture on the Balkans – a ...
  “They look like humans: have bare skin, wrinkles, hairdos… Maybe that’s why many people don’t like them,” says Dr. Stoyan Nikolov from the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds about Egyptian vultures. Poisoned, electrocuted, shot, these rare and magnificent ...

Science - NZ Herald

• New type of big-nosed dinosaur unearthed
  Researchers in Utah say they have discovered a new type of big-nosed, horned-faced dinosaur that lived about 76 million years ago when the North American continent was split in two.The discovery of the creature, named "Nasutoceratops...
• Lab success: Chromosome for Down's is switched off
  Gene scientists say that in lab-dish cells, they had found a way to switch off the rogue chromosome that causes Down's syndrome.The breakthrough opens up the tantalising goal of therapy for Down's, they said, cautioning that years...
• NZ scientists in Alzheimer's breakthrough
  Auckland neuro-scientists have made important discoveries in how Alzheimer's and Parkinson's may affect the brain, work which has prompted preliminary experiments with drugs they hope could help people who have the diseases.The...
• Another blue planet - with dark side
  We are not alone. Scientists have discovered a second blue planet in the Universe, although this one is decidedly inhospitable and unlikely to support life.Planet HD 189733b lies about 63 light years beyond our Solar System in the...
• Scientist warns biosecurity at risk from new t ...
  A prominent agricultural scientist says New Zealand deserves only a half-mark for its biosecurity efforts - and warns that new free-trade agreements and increased tourism could pose a threat at the border.Former AgResearch manager...

The Bovine

• Raw milk legislation vetoed in Maine
  From David E. Gumpert, on The Complete Patient blog: “Any politician worth his or her salt is good at charades–you know, the game where you pretend you are something that you’re not. Maine’s governor, Paul LePage, has given a masterful … Continue reading →
• Raw milk legislation vetoed in Maine
  From David E. Gumpert, on The Complete Patient blog: “Any politician worth his or her salt is good at charades–you know, the game where you pretend you are something that you’re not. Maine’s governor, Paul LePage, has given a masterful … Continue reading →
• Science-based public policy being eroded in th ...
  From Carrie Saxifrage, in the Vancouver Observer: “Dr. Katie Gibbs has seen her colleagues at the University of Ottawa biology department realize that if anybody in Canada can stand up to the attacks on science, it’s the scientists themselves. Last … Continue reading →
• Science-based public policy being eroded in th ...
  From Carrie Saxifrage, in the Vancouver Observer: “Dr. Katie Gibbs has seen her colleagues at the University of Ottawa biology department realize that if anybody in Canada can stand up to the attacks on science, it’s the scientists themselves. Last … Continue reading →
• GMO scientist turned anti-GMO activist
  From Ken Roseboro, on NewHope360.com “The “conversion” of for­mer anti-GMO activist Mark Lynas to GMO promoter has gar­nered huge media atten­tion, but Thierry Vrain, Ph.D., a for­mer genetic engineer who speaks out against the risks of genetically engi­neered foods, has far … Contin ...

Mish's Global Economic Trends

• World's Dumbest Idea
  The title of this post stems from an article on Forbes by Steve Denning who writes about "radical management, leadership, and innovation" Denning says Milton Friedman is the The Origin Of 'The World's Dumbest Idea'. No popular idea ever has a single origin. But the idea that the sole ...
• Idiocy vs. Common Sense in Detroit; Judge Rule ...
  On Friday, a Michigan Circuit Judge Rosemarie Aquilina ruled Detroit bankruptcy is unconstitutional. On Friday, a circuit court judge in Ingham County ruled that Detroit's federal bankruptcy filing violated a part of Michigan's constitution that protects union pensions. She ordered it with ...
• Drones are a Major U.S. Export and they Perpet ...
  Tired of perpetual war? So am I but US drone policy ensures perpetual war is her to stay. Blatant military waste is here to stay as well, and the all but useless F-35 project is a prime example. Those are my opinions, but they also the opinions of guest writer Robert Taylor. What follo ...
• Japan Tells Firms "Stop Sitting on Cash", Igno ...
  If you are looking for idiotic policies in action, the theories of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe should be right in your spotlight. Abe now tells Japanese firms "Stop Sitting on Cash" Okuma, a Japanese machine-tool maker, has seen its stock price rise around 30% this year. Its custo ...
• Avalanche of City Debt Downgrades and Eventual ...
  Yesterday Moody's downgrades Chicago's credit rating, pension debt to blame. Chicago's credit score is on the way down. The city is getting a small down grade from Aa3 to A3, because of the city's pension problem. Moody's Investors Service says it's making the move because of "formida ...

Sibel Edmonds' Boiling Frogs

• An Anarchistic Understanding of the Social Order
  Environmental Degradation, Indigenous Resistance & a Place for the Sciences FOR ROUGHLY FIVE HUNDRED YEARS, INDIGENOUS peoples have been struggling against the dominant institutions of society, against imperialism, colonialism, exploitation, impoverishment, segregation, racism, and genocide. ...
• Brazil: Extractive Capitalism and the Great Le ...
  “The point of confrontation is the street – not the workplace.” Introduction: Brazil has witnessed one of the world’s most striking socio-economic reversals in modern history: from a dynamic nationalist industrializing to a primary export economy. Between the mid 1930’s to the mid 1980’s, Brazil ...
• The New Great Game Round Up- July 21, 2013
  CIA Committed To Education in Kyrgyzstan, The Never-Ending TAPI Story, New States in Central Asia & More! The Great Game Round-Up brings you the latest newsworthy developments regarding Central Asia and the Caucasus region. We document the struggle for influence, power, hegemony and profits ...
• Soothing the Beast: Saturday Night BFP-Jamiol ...
  Mike & the Mechanics – “The Living Years” This week the Soothing the Beast BFP/Jamiol Music Pick features Mike & the Mechanics performing In the Living Years. This ballad is about a son’s regret over unresolved conflict with his now-deceased dad. This song brings back memories of ...
• De-Manufacturing Consent with Guillermo Jimene ...
  “What does an end to the drug war means for the police state in America?” with Dr. Mark Thornton On this edition of De-Manufacturing Consent, Guillermo welcomes Dr. Mark Thornton of the Ludwig Von Mises Institute onto the show. Dr. Thornton and Guillermo discuss the “Economics of Prohibiti ...

bloody crossroads

• Is Obama a Fraud?
  The debt deal is yet another sign that hope and change has been a fiction from the start: Like many, I was extremely hopeful when Obama won in 2008.  And like many I’ve become totally disillusioned with the president and … Continue reading →
• Today’s Stories
  Good politifact piece on how Social Security functions and its solvency How the state is revoking our civil liberties by imprisoning people, in some cases for up to 15 years, for recording police brutality with smart phones Economist Dean Baker … Continue reading →
• The Tyranny of American Healthcare
  For those who read this on Splice, be sure to re-read the unedited version… Why are we trying to prop up a broken system?: Do you realize how badly you’re being screwed by the health insurance corporations?  Let me give … Continue reading →
• Today’s Stories
  Politifact on how entitlements have lifted millions out of poverty Must read: scientists have recently concluded that a once in a tens of millions of years mass extinction is now underway, mainly in the ocean, because of global warming and … Continue reading →
• Today’s Stories
  Politifact on how entitlements have lifted millions out of poverty Must read: scientists have recently concluded that a once in a tens of millions of years mass extinction is now underway, mainly in the ocean, because of global warming and … Continue reading →

gCaptain

• HMS Bounty Rescue Swimmers Chosen for IMO Awar ...
  The 2013 IMO Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea will be awarded to two U.S. Coast Guard rescue swimmers credited with saving the lives of 14 crewmembers from the tall ship HMS Bounty, the International Maritime Organization has announced.
• At Sea Generator Problems Force USS Freedom Ba ...
  Incident is the latest in a series of problems faced by the new Littoral Combat Ship on its first major overseas deployment.
• SPOTD: Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller’s Engine Room Photos
  Captain Jes Meinertz, Master of the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller brings us images today of the propulsion plant on board his enormous vessel. His ship is powered by a pair of [...]
• West African Piracy Threat Continues to Escala ...
  July 22 (Bloomberg) — West African pirates will threaten the region’s oil and shipping industries for years as the measures used to curb attacks in the Indian Ocean aren’t able [...]
• WWII Shipwreck Gives Up 61 Tons of Silver 3 Mi ...
  July 22 (Bloomberg) — Odyssey Marine Exploration Inc., a deep-sea salvage company, said it retrieved more than 61 tons of silver bullion this month from a World War II shipwreck [...]

Press TV

• Four die in Cairo clashes: Sec. sources
  Egyptian security sources say three people have been killed in north of the capital, Cairo, bringing the death toll from clashes to four.
• ‘EU move on Hezbollah act of terrorism’
  A senior cleric says European Union’s decision to blacklist the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah is “an act of terrorism.”
• China quake death toll hits 90
  The death toll from a devastating earthquake in in China's northwest Gansu Province has risen to nearly 90, Chinese officials say.
• Turkey not to tolerate Kurdish entity
  Turkey says the country will not tolerate the creation of a "de facto" Syrian Kurdish entity on its frontiers.
• 2 killed, dozens injured in Cairo clashes
  Supporters and opponents of Egypt's ousted president, Mohamed Morsi, have clashed in the capital, Cairo.

CUNY SPS Community Blog

• Divided By Race Again
  Once again we are a country divided by race. Without any witnesses to the altercation between George Zimmerman and Treyvon Martin, sides have been drawn, and not much has to do with the evidence presented. Zimmerman has injuries consistent with his story but Martin is dead with no way to tell us ...
• Learning to Lead, Remembering to Follow
  From yratlarge We awoke to another beautiful day in Rwanda: birds singing, perfect temperatures and the promise of another rich day at work with the K.I.E. students. The day lived up to its promise. Chris and Helen led a session examining the speed at which things move in “real time” versus the ...
• Microsoft Excel© for HIM Professionals
  The webinar Maximizing Microsoft Excel© for HIM Professionals: Transforming Data Into Actionable Information presented by Michael Gera, was recorded on June 18, 2013 in conjunction with the CUNY School of Professional Studies online degree in Health Information Management. You can access the pre ...
• Domestic Violence 19 Years Later
  19 years ago a mother was butchered to death in her walkway as her children slept upstairs. Not far from where she laid dying was her friend, also butchered, after attempting to do a good deed. Small personal touches like a bath that had been run or a cup of ice cream melting on a […]
• ePortfolio Student Showcase Now Live!
  SPS is delighted to present our 2012/2013 ePortfolio Student Showcase! The showcase, which is hosted on an SPS ePortfolio site, highlights student work in individual courses, programs, and capstone projects at both the bachelors and masters level. ePortfolio provides a window into our students&# ...

Dissident Voice

• Whose Ground Is It, Anyway?
  The Travesty goes like this. The grounds for Zimmerman’s acquittal were that he shot someone, and killed him. Pure and simple. The grounds for Trayvon Martin’s having been killed is that he decided to defend himself against someone stalking him. Does it make sense? No. Is it true? Ye ...
• One Eye on the Red Horizon
  The eye-grabbing cover of Jodi Dean’s The Communist Horizon (Verso, 2012) depicts what could be the dawn of a new day. A red sun, half in view, arcs across the volume’s bottom edge. From this solid red spot, dozens of thin but widening beams fan out; crossing the background, the sunlight splits ...
• The Fall of Empire
  “The Indian Uprising” by Donald Barthelme is an iconic short story of the 1960s heralding the defeat of the US empire and the end of white male dominance. Written as the USA was mired in a hopeless war, as Indigenous peoples and African-Americans were rebelling against oppression, an ...
• Finding a Long Term Solution in the Deep South ...
  With the apparent stall in negotiations between the Thai Government and Barisan Revolusi Patani (BRN [the Patani independence movement in Patani, southern Thailand]) over the violence of the Deep South, one must start considering how long before a solution to this lingering insurgency problem ca ...
• Assassination of Citizens, Uncounted “Collater ...
  One man’s collateral damage is another man’s son. — Jeff Danziger, Political cartoonist, August 2, 2006 The words of Nasser al-Aulaqi have a measured, dignified determination, shadowed by bewilderment and the betrayal by a country for which he had had respect, happy memories and which had provid ...

Nick Turse

• "If Edward Snowden is proving one thing, it’s ...
  “If Edward Snowden is proving one thing, it’s this: in 2013, Planet Earth isn’t big enough to...
• "The numbers couldn’t be clearer: right-wing e ...
  “The numbers couldn’t be clearer: right-wing extremists have committed far more acts of...
• Anchors Aweigh!  The Navy reports that its new ...
  Anchors Aweigh!  The Navy reports that its newest autonomous drone just made its first aircraft carrier landing.  The Navy sees this latest hurdle cleared by the X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System as a game changer.  You might see as a step closer to the future as imagined in the Terminator movie ...
• "Don’t think I was surprised. By now, I’m used ...
  “Don’t think I was surprised. By now, I’m used to it. Whether I’m trying to figure out what...
• "…you should wake up amazed every day of your ...
  “…you should wake up amazed every day of your life, because if I had told you in 1988...

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Newswise

• NIMBioS at the University of Tennessee Wins $1 ...
  The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $18.6 million to the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, for the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS) to continue its interdisciplinary efforts in developing new mathematical approaches to problems across biology ...
• Actor Mark Feuerstein Talks about His Daughter ...
  Mark Feuerstein plays a brilliant physician on the hit TV show Royal Pains, but the drama was all too real when his newborn daughter Addie was diagnosed with a rare congenital heart defect. Fortunately, this scary episode had a happy ending, thanks to a determined mother and expert medical care ...
• Could Turning on a Gene Prevent Diabetes?
  The resistance to insulin seen in type 2 diabetics is caused partly by the lack of a protein that has not previously been associated with diabetes. This breakthrough could potentially help to prevent diabetes.
• Immigration Focus of Sociology Research in Sou ...
  A sociologist is examining why Hispanic immigration has become more common in rural areas and how Hispanic immigrants have adapted in these places, particularly southwest Kansas.
• Thin, Flexible Glass for Energy Storage
  A new use for glass is being developed by researchers in Penn State's Materials Research Institute that could make future hybrid-electric and plug-in electric vehicles more affordable and reliable.