Living well is the best revenge

Seeking a Right to Carol in the Classroom

Seeded on Fri Nov 6, 2009 7:11 PM EST (The New York Times)

If Merry Susan Hyatt has her way, every public school pupil in California will have the voter-approved right to sing "Joy to the World" in the classroom.

politics, christmas, culture-war, war-on-christmas

Newborn Babies Cry in Native Tongue

Seeded on Thu Nov 5, 2009 1:19 PM EST (Live Science)

From their very first days, the cries of newborns already bear the mark of the language their parents speak, scientists now find.

science, language, infant-development

Three more succumb to encephalitis, toll reaches 481

Seeded on Thu Nov 5, 2009 11:21 AM EST (Times of India)

With three more children hailing from Kushinagar succumbing to encephalitis here today, the toll due to the deadly brain fever has reached 481 since January this year in eastern districts of Uttar Pradesh.

world-news, india, disease, epidemic, encephalitis

Pair 'stole up to 1000 luggage bags from airport'

Seeded on Thu Nov 5, 2009 10:39 AM EST (The Sydney Morning Herald)

Two people suspected of stealing up to 1000 pieces of luggage from baggage carousels at a US airport have been arrested by police who found piles of the stolen bags strewn throughout their home.

odd-news, crime, arizona, criminals, lost-luggage

Koran verses "appear" on baby in Russia

Seeded on Wed Nov 4, 2009 6:24 PM EST (discovermagazine.com)

In Russia, thousands of Muslims are flocking to see a baby who has verses from the Koran mysteriously appearing on his body:

religion, islam, muslim, fraud, child-abuse, insanity

Deforestation: Not So Bad for the Climate?

Seeded on Wed Nov 4, 2009 4:59 PM EST (Greentech Media)

New research shows that destroying the world's tropical forests doesn't lead to the amount of man-made emissions as previously claimed by a U.N. study.

science, global-warming, climate-change, climate, co2, data, studies

Colorado ski town legalizes pot

Seeded on Wed Nov 4, 2009 1:27 PM EST (Yahoo! News)

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The Colorado ski town of Breckenridge has voted overwhelmingly to legalize marijuana. Early returns Tuesday night showed the proposal winning with 72 percent of the vote. The measure would allow adults over 21 to have up to 1 ounce of marijuana.

us-news, marijuana, colorado, legalization, breckenridge

Twenty Years after the Fall of the Berlin Wall, the EU is a Reincarnation of the Former Soviet Union

Seeded on Wed Nov 4, 2009 11:14 AM EST (Pravda)

Now that the Czech Republic has announced it will ratify the Lisbon Treaty, the EU will be even closer yet to becoming a unified monster state, with more than half a billion inhabitants.

politics, europe, european-union

Palestinian state 'may have to be abandoned'

Seeded on Wed Nov 4, 2009 11:02 AM EST (Mail & Guardian Online)

Palestinians may have to abandon the goal of an independent state if Israel continues to expand Jewish settlements and the United States does not stop it, chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said on Wednesday.

politics, middle-east, palestine, jewish-settlements

N Korea completes reprocessing of 8,000 spent fuel rods

Seeded on Wed Nov 4, 2009 10:55 AM EST (Japan Today)

North Korea said Tuesday it completed reprocessing of about 8,000 spent nuclear fuel rods at its Yongbyon nuclear complex by the end of August, in a move apparently aimed at drawing the United States into one-on-one talks to address the nuclear standoff.

politics, north-korea, weapons, plutonium, nuclear-arms

Death count at Anthony Sowell's home rises to at least 10

Seeded on Wed Nov 4, 2009 1:37 AM EST (Cleve-Blog)

Police found at least four more decomposing bodies and the skull of another person at Anthony Sowell's house Tuesday, making his home on Imperial Avenue among the deadliest crime scenes in Cleveland history.

crime, murder, cleveland, sexual-abuse, sex-offender, serial-murder

Police Mistakenly Use Building For K-9 Training

Seeded on Tue Nov 3, 2009 6:41 PM EST (WGRZ)

Inside a home at 83 Prospect Street on Buffalo's lower West Side, you can see that there's new plumbing and new electric and new heating systems. You'll also see that a number of doors have ripped off their frames.

crime, police-brutality, cops-are-criminals

Two Denver councilmen back medical-marijuana sales tax

Seeded on Tue Nov 3, 2009 6:11 PM EST (The Denver Post)

Denver City Council members Charlie Brown and Chris Nevitt are polar opposites on how much regulation the burgeoning medical marijuana industry should face.

politics, marijuana, medical-marijuana, regulating-marijuana

The Google Wave news community

Seeded on Tue Nov 3, 2009 5:41 PM EST (Old Media New Tricks)

If you are one of the lucky few who scored a Google Wave account [me, suckers!], you've probably logged in, fumbled around a bit, probably were impressed by the instant nature of it — and you probably got annoyed relatively quickly at Wave's slowness.

technology, wave, google-wave, online-collaboration

Will Solar Crash the Smart Grid?

Seeded on Tue Nov 3, 2009 10:55 AM EST (Green Tech Media)

For the smart grid, the weather is going to be murder.

technology, solar-power, green-power, smart-grid, solar-technology, dangers-of-solar

World's Largest Landfill Gas to LNG Plant Opens in California

Seeded on Tue Nov 3, 2009 10:41 AM EST (Earth2Tech)

Waste Management, one of the country's largest landfill operators, today is opening what it says it the world's largest facility to convert landfill gas to liquefied natural gas (LNG).

technology, environment, california, recycle, alternative-fuel, green-technology, waste-management, landfill, lng, liquefied-natural-gas

Taking a Tip from Floor Tiles: Solarmation Makes Concentrating Solar More Modular

Seeded on Tue Nov 3, 2009 10:37 AM EST (Earth2Tech)

Concentrating photovoltaic technologies, which magnify sunlight and direct it onto solar cells, hold potential to increase the efficiency of a solar-power system.

technology, environment, green, solar, ecology, solar-power, green-technology

Recycling business owned by city adviser cited for 16 code violations

Seeded on Fri Oct 30, 2009 5:36 PM EDT (The Austin American-Statesman)

A recycling business owned by the chairman of a City of Austin solid waste commission was cited this summer for 16 city code violations that total $20,400 in fines.

politics, environment, green, recycling, law-breakers, faux-green

Gay Marriage Is An Oxymoron

Seeded on Thu Oct 29, 2009 6:53 PM EDT (Pravda.ru)

There is simply no evidence that the primary purpose of marriage has evolved to include gays and lesbians. First, the Bible clearly and unequivocally condemns homosexual acts. Secondly, there is no scientific evidence to confirm homosexual activity as a normal behavior.

politics, russia, gay-marriage, marriage-equality, glbt-issues, communsim

Rocket man gets reply after 52 years

Seeded on Wed Oct 28, 2009 8:24 PM EDT (The Age)

At the height of the Cold War when paranoia about Russia's space program was ramping up, a 12-year-old Denis Cox fired off an "urgent" letter to "a top scientist" at the Woomera Rocket Range containing his designs for a world-beating rocket.

science, australia, space, space-program, sputnik

Conflicting Reports on Social Networking for Business

Seeded on Wed Oct 28, 2009 8:22 PM EDT (Entrepreneur.com)

Time to muddy the waters a bit. Three new reports surfaced this week, each offering a different point of view on how business owners and executives value social networking for business. If you're considering adding social media to your marketing mix, you may find this interesting.

business, advertising, facebook, twitter, social-media

Good Way To End Paper Recycling Completely: Make Ethanol Motor Fuel From Waste Paper

Seeded on Tue Oct 27, 2009 12:55 PM EDT (TreeHugger)

Today's printing and writing papers commonly have 20-30% recycled content. For fiber packaging materials, 60 to 100% recycle content is typical. It took decades for industry to reach those levels.

technology, green, ethanol, recycling, biofuels, alternative-fuel, cellulosic-biofuels

State releases final report; says 275 children harmed

Seeded on Tue Oct 27, 2009 10:11 AM EDT (The Austin American-Statesman)

This story originally published December 24, 2008. A Texas Child Protective Services investigation has found that of the 439 children removed from the Yearning for Zion Ranch in West Texas earlier this year, 275 were abused or neglected.

politics, racism, texas, bigotry, polygamy, flds, bigamy

Kids care for mom without arms, legs

Seeded on Mon Oct 26, 2009 7:32 PM EDT (CNN)

Every morning, Lisa Strong's 10-year-old son lifts her heavy prosthetic legs and screws them into the levers in her knees. He reaches for a pair of pants and pulls them up around her waist.

health, family, amputees, medical-complicatons

Will buying green put you in the red?

Seeded on Mon Oct 26, 2009 10:11 AM EDT (Chicago Tribune)

If you're like most consumers, you're more than happy to buy green -- as long as it saves greenbacks.

politics, environment, global-warming, green, organic, eco, green-buying, green-myths

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Fox hosts want 'special screenings' for Muslims in military
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In the wake of a shooting rampage at Fort Hood by a military psychiatrist of Middle Eastern lineage, the hosts at Fox News have begun suggesting that all Muslims in the military should be treated as potential threats.
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Seeking a Right to Carol in the Classroom
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If Merry Susan Hyatt has her way, every public school pupil in California will have the voter-approved right to sing "Joy to the World" in the classroom.
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Joplin Independent:Lieberman lambasted for health care industry ties
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Thursday morning in the Dirksen Senate office building, nine peaceful protesters refused to leave Joseph Lieberman's office until the senator agreed that he would stop taking campaign contributions from the insurance industry. I was among those arrested.
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Dawkins refuses to debate intelligent design scholars
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— The Dude Dean

Gwenny is one of those rare finds that you stumble across only once in life, sometimes very sweet and nice and well sometimes, well maybe I will have to think on that one, but that is the point, she does make you think. And that is cool, just like Gwenny, one really awesome person.

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That was some admiring research you presented on prison crisis. Well done!

— ntq

Yo, jdeforest, it's called "projection". And you are still being ignored as the ignorant and ugly man you are. LOL

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defensive self-important misogynist racist...

— jdeforest

wondering what you found w/ your "cyst" that you described as containing

"fluid is the wrong word . . . contents of my cyst is clear and thick. . .like hair gel. It was really cool."

Find out anything? I had something like that on the inside of my wrist..

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