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January 25, 2014

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January 31, 2014
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January 30, 2014
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January 29, 2014

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Bye-bye Bryce

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January 31, 2014

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December 30, 2013
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Dire Civil Liberties Predictions For 2014

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January 13, 2014

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January 31, 2014
Proposal to Cut Active-Duty Air Force Would Free up Funds for Equipment and

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January 31, 2014
Panel Recommends Air Force Shift More Duties to Guard, Reserve

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January 30, 2014

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AT&T cuts prices for wireless data plan customers

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January 31, 2014
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The Bureau: ‘Medieval Exile’: The 41 Britons stripped of their citizenshi

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The Nation: The torture that flourishes from Gitmo to an American supermax

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January 29, 2014
Code Name: Caesar

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January 26, 2014
Architects Take Stand Against Torture

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January 20, 2014

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January 28, 2014
Gerald Celente – Goldseek Radio – January 25, 2014

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January 24, 2014

Off the Charts Blog: The Federal Financial Commitment to the Medicaid

January 31, 2014
Off the Charts Blog: With Federal Funds Gone, States Take the Lead on

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Off the Charts Blog: Decoding Demographics Role in Disability Program's

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January 28, 2014
Silent Guardian: Drones without the Scare Factor

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January 22, 2014
Has a Cleantech crash spurred the need for Bluetech innovation?

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January 20, 2014

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So Much For the Patrimony

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January 31, 2014
EPA Enhancing Its Power with Sue and Settle

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January 30, 2014
Another Possible Reason for Obama's Minimum Wage Push

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January 29, 2014

Media briefs: wanted: richie for Global Mail … BSkyB results …

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January 30, 2014
Losing faith in Aunty

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January 30, 2014
Glenn Dyer’s TV ratings: The Block given time to shine

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January 30, 2014

Weakened Immunity in Space-Raised Flies

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US and UK Continues Arming a Tyrant in Iraq by Felicity Arbuthnot

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United Kingdom: NHS Reports Cannabis As Cause of Death

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How Could Japan Offer $32billion In Aid To Africa?

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Why Are African Professors Becoming Politicians?

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June 5, 2013

UK-French combat drone project gets more funding

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January 31, 2014
MoD’s drones PR offensive continues as UK commits to a drone filled future

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January 17, 2014
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January 10, 2014

Lemur lovers sync their scents

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January 31, 2014
Single gene separates queen from workers

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Scientists discover that thyroid cancer cells become less aggressive in

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January 31, 2014

In Wake of State Dept Report on Keystone XL, Enviros Pledge to Keep

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January 31, 2014
Great Barrier Reef Authority Approves Dredging and Dumping to Expand Port

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January 31, 2014
New Crop of GMO Disputes Sprout Up as Year Kicks Off

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January 30, 2014

What does the American public want done to fight climate change?

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Has the Fed blown another housing bubble?

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January 30, 2014

California Welcomes Stronger Whistleblower Protection in 2014

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January 31, 2014
New Book Details Journey to Becoming A Whistleblower

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January 27, 2014
DOJ Secures Second Largest Annual Recovery from False Claims Cases in 2013

During the 2013 fiscal year, the Justice Department secured $3.8 billion in settlements and judgments from

January 24, 2014

Starving in Syria: Palestinian refugees die in rebel-held camps

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EU Sanctions Bans Milk and Food For the Starving

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Dylan Farrow Details Sexual Abuse By Woody Allen

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Chris Christie is Losing the People

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Drug Testing Ruled As Privacy Violation

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Mr. Green: What Can We Learn from Other Nations?

Hey Mr. Green, In your recent magazine column ( Sierra, January/February 2014) you noted Americans emit

January 31, 2014
3 Wild Weather Activities

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January 31, 2014
4 Ways to Host a Green Super Bowl Party

The Super Bowl, essentially an American holiday, is an excuse to scream at a TV and eat and drink more than

January 30, 2014

Teaching Tu B’Shevat in classrooms without borders

For many years Hebrew schools in North America barely related to the Jewish holiday of Tu B’shevat,

January 16, 2014
Happy New Year Trees, and spiritual reasons for Tu B’Shevat Customs

Tonight marks the end of the Jewish holiday Tu B’Shevat. The Jewish New Year of the trees. Here is

January 16, 2014
Israel’s Wild Pigs Were Once Europeans

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November 4, 2013

Patient Safety Orgs Cut Ties With Denham

Patient safety advocate Charles Denham, MD, denies taking kickbacks from a product manufacturer, but the

January 31, 2014
Physician Wait Times Vary Sharply Among Major US Markets

Physician appointment wait times tracked in a Merritt Hawkins survey varied from one day to more than eight

January 31, 2014
6 Ways to Avoid Unintentional Medicare Fraud

Mismanagement or sloppy business practices can quickly lead to trouble with Medicare fraud investigators

January 30, 2014

False wars, False ‘money,’ ... False Flag Super Bowl?

Hat tip: Project Camelot for a heads-up. The information is beyond my “hobby time” to verify

January 30, 2014
MLK ASSASSINATED BY US GOVT: King Family civil trial verdict

Coretta Scott King: “We have done what we can to reveal the truth, and we now urge you as members of

January 18, 2014
So, how did you come to join the Rebel Alliance?

Accurately: we patriots are allied, and rebel against OBVIOUS crimes of US oligarchs centering in wars

January 13, 2014

Billionaires Attempt To Convince Society That They Are The Good Guys

The rich have never been richer and the poor keep getting poorer. The financial Masters of the Universe

January 31, 2014
Throwing Satire to the Wolf

The kerfuffle raging over Martin Scorsese’s The Wolf of Wall Street and the question it’s

January 30, 2014
Hated on the Left, the TPP Draws Conservative Foes

“The President said, if you like your health insurance, you can keep it,” says Curtis Ellis

January 29, 2014

Court Rules in Favor of Native Youth Attacked at Flagstaff Dew Downtown

City Council & Mainstream Media Continue to Ignore ‘Racist Attack’ FLAGSTAFF, AZ — A

January 22, 2014
CALL TO ACTION: Comments Needed to OPPOSE NN Legislation to allow Uranium

Friends, Please be advised that the following actions are currently taking place and we need your help to

December 20, 2013
Give a Gift of Solidarity & Support! Help Siléi Community Empowerment

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December 19, 2013

The Intercept.com Will Switch over to AmericanTerrorist.com

I couldn’t think of a better excuse to start over for the new year. We had a decent offer on the

January 24, 2014
DANGER: Nullify NSA Gaining Ground (Racism! Slavery!)

James Corbett demonstrates the psuedo-progressive tendency to support the security apparatus. Rachel

January 20, 2014
Hiatus

You may have noticed that the last post for this blog was October 21st of this year. On October 22nd

January 6, 2014

Poll Shows Diminishing Support for Two-State Solution

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Protesters Resist an ‘Indian Fukushima’

Street protest against the planned Indo-Japan nuclear cooperation deal. Credit: Coalition for Nuclear

January 31, 2014
Greater Transparency Urged for U.N.’s South Sudan Mission

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January 31, 2014

Reflections in a Petri Dish | To Bring Down the Vampire Banking Syndicate.

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January 31, 2014
Utah school district apologizes for seizing kids’ lunches for unpaid bills

By M. Alex Johnson and Henry Austin, NBC News One of Utah\’s biggest school systems apologized

January 31, 2014
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January 31, 2014

Cold Revenge

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Men and Women: Their Contributions to the World

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February: News from Occupied Libya

It is our duty as well as our right to fight back against the forces of colonization and to hold their

January 31, 2014
Egypt: A New Realism

Editorial Comment: Asaad Zahio of the Libyan Popular National Movement stated that Egypt is in danger. He

January 30, 2014
Al-Qaeda’s Next Goal: Starting with Sinai, Ending with the White House

One of Lebanon’s Salafi leaders with close links to al-Qaeda says the next target of the terrorist group

January 30, 2014

Creator of Litecoin

Charlie Lee, Creator of Litecoin, joins our New Money Systems Board.

January 31, 2014
SeriousWonder

Gray Scott, CEO of SeriousWonder, joins our Futurists Board.

January 29, 2014
Bitcoin Technology Transfer International

Joya Comeaux, CEO of Bitcoin Technology Transfer International, joins our New Money Systems Board.

January 29, 2014

Organized Labor — Army of the Revolution

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Vikas Khanna & Himalayan Cuisine

“Everything you do is not merely for your own benefit, but rather for the benefit of all. If you have

January 29, 2014

Montana GOP Candidate, Robert Jeffress: Hillary Clinton Is The Anti-Christ

Montana GOP Candidate: Hillary Clinton Is The Anti-Christ We here believe that the Democrats are satanic,

January 31, 2014
St. Dept Revealed That Hillary Clinton Rcvd 500K In Jewelry From Saudi King

St. Dept Revealed That Hillary Clinton Rcvd 500K In Jewelry From Saudi King So, I thought us Joos owned

January 31, 2014
Mark Zuckerberg, LIAR: ‘Anti-Immigrant Groups Extreme.’ LIES. Communist

Mark Zuckerberg, LIAR: ‘Anti-Immigrant Groups Extreme.’ LIES. Communist, Zuckerberg Hell Bent

January 31, 2014

‘Social Cost’ of Carbon vs. Climate Science

“The determination of the social cost of carbon (SCC) as made by [federal agencies] is discordant with the

January 30, 2014
California Energy Update: Part IV

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January 29, 2014
The Not Given State of the Union Address (Freedom 101 over ‘the road to

[Last night, President Obama did not deviate from his interventionist, centralist approach to governing

January 28, 2014

The "War On Wealth": Right-Wing Media Defend The Wealthy From

Right-wing media figures are baselessly stoking fears about calls to reduce inequality and expand

January 31, 2014
Memo To The Media: What The RNC Didn't Boycott

The media has extensively reported on the Republican National Committee's decision to boycott MSNBC

January 31, 2014
REPORT: Ideology And Partisanship On The 2013 Broadcast Sunday Morning

Republicans and conservatives were hosted more often than Democrats and progressives on the four

January 30, 2014

Modelling the Asian Summer Monsoon: Another Revealing Analysis

We report on a second list of state-of-the-art climate-model aberrations.

January 28, 2014
Herbivory (Woody Plants: Miscellaneous) -- Summary

As the air's CO2 content continues to rise, what can one expect from plant pests? Will their appetites

January 28, 2014
Four Decades of "Global Warming" on the Island of Oahu, Hawaii

What were they like? ... and what do they portend for the island's inhabitants?

January 28, 2014

Argentina's financial hot summer: record devaluation of the Peso

The Argentine currency ended trading on Friday, the first month of 2014, at 8.01

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Argentina among the least well-off economies in the region, says IMF

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January 31, 2014
Falklands' honors only New Zealand soldier killed during the 1982 war

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January 31, 2014

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Obama promises action and seeks a science-funding boost

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Two Google Chrome Privacy Issues

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Amid drought, California agency won't allot water

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January 29, 2014

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January 28, 2014
The Oil & Gas Jobs Recovery

Via BreakingEnergy.com: The US oil and gas industry has seen tremendous growth over the past several

January 28, 2014
'Why and How We Should Break OPEC Now'

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January 28, 2014

Nature's Flu Shot

There is no value in a flu vaccine because it does not work with the body to facilitate prevention or

January 30, 2014
10 Different Teas That Will Help Boost Your Metabolism and Promote Weight

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January 30, 2014
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While Syria, Thailand, and Ukraine continue to dominate the headlines, Colombia’s government and the FARC

January 31, 2014
The Trouble with Emerging Markets

The financial turmoil that hit emerging-market economies in the spring of last year, following the Federal

January 31, 2014
China’s Risky Credit Boom

Credit in China is growing at a breakneck pace, raising serious concerns about the level of risk in the

January 31, 2014

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Ghosts of Climates Past – Fourteen – Concepts & HD Data

In previous posts we have seen – and critiqued – ideas about the causes of ice age inception

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Ghosts of Climates Past – Thirteen – Terminator II

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Ghosts of Climates Past – Twelve – GCM V – Ice Age Termination

In Part Eleven we looked at the end of the last ice age. We mainly reviewed Shakun et al 2012, who provided

January 15, 2014

WHY OBAMA’S ELIGIBILITY IS STILL IMPORTANT

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Freerunning Champ Tricks Out the Great Wall of China

Freerunning champion Ryan Doyle performs daring stunts on the Great Wall of China as part of his Red

January 27, 2014
10 Coolest Links of the Week

This week’s roundup of fascinating articles features a healthy dose of highbrow, informative links

January 17, 2014

The Illusion of Choice: Kyrgyzstan and the Customs Union

Kyrgyzstan’s accession into the Customs Union is being hotly debated as the “Accession to the Customs

January 29, 2014
China’s Wild West

I recently published at piece with Foreign Affairs about Han immigration in Xinjiang and its impact on

January 26, 2014
Sarah Kendzior Says What We Have All Been Afraid to Say…

“Central Asian studies is a dying field, and many of the experts of the region are now unemployed or

January 26, 2014

“Revenge porn” creep Hunter Moore indicted on federal charges

The proprietor of the "revenge porn" website Is Anyone Up has been indicted on federal charges of

January 23, 2014
Scott Walker praises sex offender Christopher Barber in major address

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker gave his State of the State address on Wednesday, his last before he goes

January 23, 2014
Tony Perkins blames President Obama for campus sexual assault crisis in

President Obama announced Wednesday that his administration has launched a federal task force to combat

January 23, 2014

Software uses big data to battle forgetting

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Public help sought as hammerhead shark does bit for science

People fishing in the Bay of Islands are being asked to keep a look out for a young hammerhead shark

January 31, 2014
1080 and the 'Battle for Our Birds' - experts respond

The Government is launching New Zealand's largest-ever species protection programme, increasing the use

January 29, 2014

8 Ways Being Poor Is Wildly Expensive in America

I have this up over at AlterNet: 8 Ways Being Poor Is Wildly Expensive in America

January 31, 2014
Are ‘Globalization’s’ Costs Inevitable?

You hear often that we “live in a global world now.” You hear that “globalization”

January 30, 2014
So Why DID We Invade Iraq?

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The Virtual Pub

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January 31, 2014

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What’s at Risk When You Don’t Get Enough Sleep?

The quality of your sleep affects your daily life and a lack of it could put your health at risk. To see

January 31, 2014
Good Carbs and Bad Carbs – Knowing the Difference

Carbs have gone through a roller coaster in popularity. Fats were blamed for illness and carbs were

January 30, 2014

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Denying Climate Change -- and Exploiting It

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The Federal Court Trashes Net Neutrality...and the Internet

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Why Syria rejected direct talks with U.S.

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January 28, 2014

Are Banks About To Collapse?

Something is happening in the banking world and it looks ugly. In Russia ‘My Bank’ has halted

January 28, 2014
85 People Own As Much as 3,500,000,000

According to a new report, 85 individuals own as much as the world’s poorest 50%, that’s

January 27, 2014
US Warships Head For Sochi – ‘Just in Case’

According to the Pentagon, the US has sent two warships to the Black Sea region. Pentagon spokesman John

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And here came the Zionists, mostly atheists, and wanted to bring the Jews to the Land of Israel without

January 27, 2014
Patterns of Impunity and Deceit in Myanmar

A UN supervised investigation is needed before more atrocities are committed against the Rohingya Muslims.

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Corporation Carte Blanche: Will US-EU Trade Become Too Free?

Opposition to the planned new trans-Atlantic free trade agreement is growing. So far, criticism has focused

January 27, 2014

Steve Bell on debate about UK’s military capabilities – cartoon.

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Steve Bell’s If … on Michael Gove’s freedom, choice and learning by rote.

Steve Bell The Guardian , Thursday 16th January 2014.

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Conjoined grey whale calves found in Mexico.

Associated Press in Mexico City Thursday 9th January 2014. http://www.theguardian.com

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Bank Separation, Not

Today the Financial Services (Banking Reform) Bill was given Royal Assent, formalising it as an Act of

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UN Sustainability - Coming To A Town Near You

David Cameron has attacked those in the countryside, who oppose the Government’s new planning laws

November 19, 2013
Common Purpose In Your Locality?

Following publication of my research article 'A Government of Common Purpose' I received an email

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Sebastian Thrun and Sal Khan Discuss Online Education

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New Course: Intro to Data Science

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A sustainability assessment tool for rural water services

Ryan Schweitzer and James Mihelcic from the University of South Florida have developed a Sustainability

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Renewed research call for faecal sludge secondary treatment options in

IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre announces a renewed research call for: Faecal sludge

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UNESCO-IHE and partners offering twenty PhD positions on pro-poor

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Utrecht Souvenirs and Hospitality

Utrecht recently won the Dutch award for innovative city marketing thanks to the Utrecht Hospitality

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Scientists develop "bendy" glass

In the future, when you drop a glass, it might just bend and become slightly deformed.

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"Rogue" asteroids may be the norm

Asteroids found far from where they formed are evidence of a long-ago shakeup in the Solar System

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"Unique" brain area seen only in humans

The brain area is considered to be involved in planning and decision-making.

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Gas no longer escaping from rig off La. coast

The operator and federal regulators say the flow of natural gas, water and sand has been stopped at a

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Blue Dolphin, Valero Energy Corp., Kinder Morgan Inc. and others are trying to capitalize on the biggest

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Kill attempt to come for well spewing gas off Gulf coast

Crews continued to work Friday to stop natural gas flowing from a drilling rig off the Louisiana coast, and

January 31, 2014