Monday, April 01, 2019

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10 Simple Zen Rules That May Literally Change Your Life

3 days ago

  • Zen is something which each and every one of us should experience at a given time in our life. Regardless of your religious beliefs, Zen Buddhism is rather interesting. Zen Buddhism...

  • April’s New & Full Moons Brings a Burst of Powerful Energies

    5 days ago
  • The New Moon on the 5th of April is taking place in Aries, which is a fire sign and represents action. With the New Moon falling in Aries this would be a perfect time to start something new...

  • Great News, Europe Voted to Ban Single-Use Plastics

    6 days ago

    • Environmental campaigners have been working towards restraints on throwaway plastics for a long time. The effort to end plastic pollution in our oceans was one of the key subjects...

    Featured Health News from Medical News Today



  • Researchers are developing and testing a wearable device that can detect the presence of cancer cells in the bloodstream with greater accuracy.

  • Medical News Today: How 1 hour of brisk walking can benefit people with osteoarthritis

    3 hours ago
  • A new study investigates the impact of 1 weekly hour of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity on disability in people with knee osteoarthritis.

  • Medical News Today: Fish slime: An answer to antibiotic resistance?

    7 hours ago

    • Antibiotic resistance is an increasingly pressing issue for humanity. A recent study dives into the constituents of fish slime to hunt for new antibiotics...

      The Daily Sheeple


  • Traditionally, the White House seeks to obtain a so-called “blue slip,” or approval, from a judicial nominee’s two home-state senators before pressing on with their nominations...

  • Colorado Sheriff vows to sit in jail rather than enforce proposed Red Flag law

    6 hours ago
  • Weld County Sheriff Steve Reams told CNN recently he’s willing to be a prisoner in his own jail rather than enforce a law he feels is unconstitutional. The bill would allow a family...

  • Sen. Graham: AG Barr Upset With Clinton Emails Handling, Could Reopen Probe

    12 hours ago

    • Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) suggests the Department of Justice could reopen a probe into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s emails.

      Exceptional Delaware 2017



  • The ongoing saga with Odyssey Charter School continues!  As the AHEPA members of the Board continue to do whatever the heck they want, attention is being drawn to their stunts by more...

  • Over Half Of Delaware Charter Schools Below Expectations

    a month ago
  • Based on the Delaware School Success Framework, well over half of Delaware’s charter schools are not meeting expectations.  Tonight, the Delaware Charter School Office will...

  • Controversial Del Tech Tax Bill Dies A Quick Death

    a month ago

    • What is it about Delaware bills with the number 50 in it?  Senate Bill #50 is going to be pulled today according to sources in the know.  The bill would have created the Delaware Tech...

      Have You Heard



  • TweetDid you hear the one about the Arizona state legislator who made a cool $14 million from selling his network of charter schools to a nonprofit that he set up, which then inked a lucrative...

  • Selective Outrage: Revisiting the Atlanta School Cheating Scandal

    18 days ago
  • TweetIn March of 2013, thirty five Atlanta educators, all of them Black, were charged with racketeering and conspiracy for allegedly changing student answers on standardized tests...

  • The Rise of the *Portfolio* Model for Schools

    a month ago

    • TweetThe portfolio model of school district management—it sounds technocratic, even a little bit weedy and yet it’s arguably one of the hottest button topics in our great education...

      Din Merican: the Malaysian DJ Blogger



  • April 1, 2019 Cambodia–-On what basis will there be reconciliation? by Thomas Fowler https://www.khmertimeskh.com A few days ago, former parliamentarians of the late CNRP launched...

  • Dr. M Bakri Musa-Make Way for Anwar Ibrahim

    14 hours ago
  • April 1, 2019 Dr. M Bakri Musa–Make Way for Anwar Ibrahim Soon after his coalition’s stunning victory in the 14thGeneral Election of May 8, 2018, Prime Minister Mahathir admitted...

  • The TOP Universities in CAMBODIA, 2019

    a day ago

    • March 31, 2019 The TOP Universities in CAMBODIA, 2019 THE University of CAMBODIA, founded 15 years ago, is ranked NO.2 in 2019. We aspire to take the totem pole a few years forward. The...

      Chicago Boyz



  • CNN and MSNBC have come in for much criticism for irresponsible reporting and political bias–merited criticism, IMO–especially in the wake of the Mueller report.  It has been...

  • Russia to healthcare in one day. What now ?

    2 days ago
  • Last Friday, the Mueller report was submitted to the DOJ. Monday, left wing media saw ratings collapse. What next ? Why Healthcare, of course. Obamacare, which is a form of expanded...

  • Pariah

    4 days ago

    • So it seems that race-hate faker Jussie Smolett walks away, free and clear. As a three-way protected person – being of color, gay and a C-list celebrity – and one with apparently...

      Centinel2012



  • US Defense News Published on Oct 9, 2017 SUBSCRIBE 276K F-35 Program Costs Jump to $406.5 Billion in Latest Estimate The cost of the F-35 jet program, already the most expensive U.S...

  • Why America’s Enemies Still Fear the B-52 Bomber?

    27 minutes ago
  • US Defense News Published on Oct 10, 2017 SUBSCRIBE 276K Why America’s Enemies Still Fear the B-52 Bomber? The B-52 Stratofortress first flew in 1952 and ended its production...

  • Does Your Mind Create The Universe? | Answers With Joe

    an hour ago

    • Joe Scott Published on Mar 18, 2019 SUBSCRIBE 423K Get a free month of CuriosityStream if you go to http://www.curiositystream.com/joescott In 2005, Robert Lanza introduced...

      The BRAD BLOG



  • * * * Perry Dorrell blogs as PDiddie at Brains and Eggs, usually on topics concerning the strange brew of Texas politics. He's also on Twitter @PDiddie...

  • Unpacking the U.S. Supreme Court by 'Packing' the U.S. Supreme Court: 'BradCast' 3/29/2019

    3 days ago
  • On today's BradCast, some facts --- real ones, not Mitch McConnell's --- about our nation's healthy history of changing the number of seats on the U.S. Supreme Court, which we have...

  • McConnell's Hilarious Green New Deal Stunt Vote as His Constituents Die from Black Lung Disease: 'BradCast' 3/28/2019

    4 days ago

    • It may not be our most hilarious show of all time, but I think it's a very important one and includes more than a few righteous rants. [Audio link to full show is at end of article.]... Among...

      bluebird of bitterness





  • Sunday funnies

    a day ago

  • Happy birthday, Joseph

    a day ago

    • Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) composed his Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra in 1796 for Anton Weidinger, the inventor of the valved trumpet. Here is the final movement, performed...

      Home



  • All of us at Beyond Nuclear were shocked and saddened to learn of the death on March 30th of Kitty Tucker. Kitty was well known to those of us in the anti-nuclear movement through her tireless...

  • Randy Stafford sounds the alarm on plutonium dust near Rocky Flats

    2 hours ago


  • 3/28/19: Don't Miss the Nationwide Premiere of Power Struggle

    5 days ago

    • POWER STRUGGLE – A Film About A Successful Grassroots Citizens’ Effort To Shut Down A Nuclear Power Plant — Now Available POWER STRUGGLE, an 86-minute feature-length documentary...

    BlackListed News




  • 10 Videos That Show Creepy Joe Biden Touching Women Inappropriately

    13 hours ago
  • It would be difficult to overstate how damaging this could potentially be to Joe Biden’s campaign. In the era of the #MeToo movement, even a hint that a male candidate may have been...

  • Here Comes The Splinternet: How The EU Is Helping Break Apart The Internet

    13 hours ago

    • In the wake of last week's unfortunate decision by the EU Parliament to vote for the terrible EU Copyright Directive, Casey Newton over at the Verge has a thoughtful piece about how...

      Research Digest



  • By Christian Jarrett.

  • People Who Use More Happy Words Are Not Necessarily Happier – An Awkward Finding For Language-based Emotion Research

    3 days ago
  • By Matthew Warren. The study demonstrates the importance of checking the validity of tools in psychology research.

  • How Do Blind People Who’ve Never Seen Colour, Think About Colour?

    4 days ago

    • By Emma Young. Researchers scanned the brains of blind and sighted people while they thought about colours and abstract concepts.

      Atlas Obscura - Latest Articles and Places



  • Sitting atop the Mount of Olives, the Pater Noster Church is one of several buildings in the region that owes its current existence to the Carmelites, but its story extends much further...

  • Bristol Milk

    29 minutes ago
  • The Prince of Wales, who would later rule England from 1901 until 1910 as Edward VII, is said to have once remarked that Bristol “must have some damn fine cows.” His praise referred...

  • Bermiego Yew in Bermiego, Spain

    an hour ago

    • In a quiet churchyard in the town of Bermiego stands a remarkable tree. Commonly called the Bermiego Yew, it’s known locally as the “Teixu l'Ilesia,” which in the Asturian language...

      Accidental Deliberations



  • Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Roland Paulsen is rightly critical of the billionaire-funded take that we should ignore the ready availability of resources to end severe...

  • Sunday Morning Links

    a day ago
  • This and that for your Sunday reading.- Jake Bittle writes about rural homelessness as a seldom-discussed issue which calls out for a strong policy response to ensure the right to...

  • Saturday Morning Links

    2 days ago

    • Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Frank Graves and Michael Valpy discuss the contrast between Canadian voters who are rightly concerned about the gap in wealth and power...
    .Desmedoma Despair feed is not returning. Yet there is content.

    More than 1 million acres of U.S. cropland ravaged by record floods and dozens of levee breaks – “There’s thousands of acres that won’t be able to be planted”

    At least 1 million acres (405,000 hectares) of U.S. farmland were flooded after the “bomb cyclone” storm left wide swaths of nine major grain producing states under water  

    “Breaches everywhere: multiple, multiple breaches” – Midwest levees burst, and tough questions follow

    Massive disaster relief bill at risk of stalling as Trump, Democrats fight over help for Puerto Rico

    President Trump’s opposition to aid for Puerto Rico has sparked a partisan standoff over a major disaster bill covering much of the United States, threatening to derail the legislation when it faces a critical Senate vote Monday.

    U.S. judge scraps “unlawful” Trump order opening Arctic, Atlantic areas to oil leasing

    Children suffer most from deadly coal pollution in one of Earth’s most polluted cities – “I no longer know what a healthy lung sounds like”

    25th anniversary edition of WMO’s State of the Climate report shows accelerating global warming impacts – “The data released in this report give cause for great concern”

    Trump’s EPA science panel considers guidelines that upend basic air pollution science – “I just want to emphasize the fringe nature of these proposals”

    Several members of a powerful science panel for the Environmental Protection Agency expressed doubt at a hearing Thursday about the long-established scientific consensus that air pollution can cause premature death. The panel was meeting to consider recommendations that would fundamentally change how the agency analyzes the public health dangers posed by air pollution and could lead to weaker regulation of soot.

    In blow to climate*, coal plants emitted more than ever in 2018 – “We are headed for disaster, and nobody seems to be able to slow things down”

    * Measurable and proven ?

    a fleet of relatively young coal plants located in Asia, with decades to go on their lifetimes, led the way toward a record for emissions from coal fired power plants — exceeding 10 billion tons of carbon dioxide “for the first time,” the agency said. In Asia, “average plants are only 12 years old, decades younger than their average economic lifetime of around 40 years,”

    “Last-chance tourism” hastens decline of destinations threatened by global warming, like the Florida Reef and the Galapagos Islands

    Overuse is the cause of environmental degradation of fragile ecosystems - but no chance is missed to bray about climate alarm

     

     
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