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The choices: how America will end… - (USA)
“…life, libery and the pursuit of happiness.” How Is America Going To End? The apocalypse you chose. Plus, the end-of-America social network. By Josh Levin and Chris Wilson – Posted Friday, Aug. 7, 2009, at 2:35 PM ET For the last week, I’ve considered many possible scenarios for America’s downfall: the rise of a climate strongman , the emergence of a transnational class of superhumans , secession by the country’s leading maple syrup producer , and others. At the same time, the Slat
http://athensboy.wordpress.com/2009/08/11/the-choices-how-america-will-end/
Ball Aerospace to Ship WISE Spacecraft - (USA)
Ball Aerospace to Ship WISE SpacecraftBOULDER, Colo., Aug. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has successfully completed a comprehensive pre-shipment review for NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE satellite. The pre-shipment review was completed on August 4 and followed assembly and performance testing. Ball Aerospace engineers have packed the satellite into a shipping container for delivery in mid-August to California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base.
http://www.only2press.com/archives/19988
PBS use the scissors to censor Minority Rights Group International - (USA)
Jonathan Rugman: The plains beneath the Kurdish mountains are becoming Iraq's most dangerous region. Two truck bombs exploding east of the city of Mosul today, destroying scores of homes. 30 dead and over 150 wounded. This crater destroying an entire Shi'ite village. All this after a similar attack on local Shi'ites killed 37 only last Friday. The pattern emerging here is one of minorities being deliberately targeted in the north of Iraq. A foretaste perhaps of a long feared Kurdish-Arab c
http://thecommonills.blogspot.com/2009/08/pbs-use-scissors-to-censor-minority.html
Secret Science Club - (USA)
http://secretscienceclub.blogspot.com/
LA Brain Terrain - (USA)
For Angelenos interested in more than just driving, flirting and (net)working!
http://www.labrainterrain.com/
Get Number One Rankings With These SEO Secrets - (USA)
by Michael Fleischner Reaching the top of any major search engine takes a great deal of understanding, knowledge, and consistent execution of optimization related techniques. The good news about SEO is that basic principles or proven search engine optimization methods are well documented and are relatively easy to implement. To succeed with SEO, you should focus on those techniques that have been proven to generate improved rankings over the long term. There are many strategies being use
http://www.backlinkbuilders.com/get-number-one-rankings-with-these-seo-secrets
Full Results From The American Cheese Society Competiton In Austin - (USA)
David Brawley , chef instructor at Le Cordon Bleu Institute of Culinary Arts Art Institute’s Culinary School was a judge at the American Society of Cheese competition in Austin. He sends the final results. They are posted below. (Let’s go to Quebec!) ACS 2009 Judging Results • 1 AMERICAN CHEESE SOCIETY 2009 JUDGING AND COMPETITION RESULTS Austin, Texas August 7, 2009 The American Cheese Society is an active, not for profit trade organization that encourages the understanding, ap
http://sidedish.dmagazine.com/2009/08/09/full-results-from-the-american-cheese-society-competiton-in-austin/
Video lecture sites - Superfood for the intellectually starved - (USA)
When I lived in London I used to attend lectures and talks at least once a week (often at the Royal Institution, a wonderful place). They were one of the mainstays of my intellectual life, and I used to leave many of them babbling with excitement (the adult equivalent of kids doing chops and kicks as they leave Kung-fu movies). Here in Belgrade there are still many talks and lectures that one can attend, but unsurprisingly, it cannot match London. Luckily there are several superb sites
http://www.limbicnutrition.com/blog/video-lecture-sites-superfood-for-the-intellectually-starved/
2009 Hoophall Classic - (USA)
By Franklyn Calle Once again, Springfield, Massachusetts, will be the place to be during the Martin Luther King weekend when the top blue-chip high school players from around the nation will compete against in each other at the 8th annual Spalding Hoophall Classic. The administrative staff at the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame has been able to not only put together a tournament showcasing the top players in the nation but also the top high schools from just about every region in the country. W
http://slamonline.com/online/high-school/2008/11/2009-hoophall-classic/
Live in Orbit: Mike and Mike Prep for Spacewalk - (USA)
Atlantis astronauts Mike Massimino and Mike Good are breathing pure oxygen before beginning the mission's second spacewalk, which is expected to start around 8:45 a.m., about about a half-hour later than scheduled. The 40-minute procedure purges nitrogen from the spacewalkers' bloodstreams to minimize their chance of experiencing decompression sickness. Already, the crew cabin's air pressure has been dropped to 10.2 psi, reducing the amount of time needed to breathe the pure oxygen. Once that's
http://www.floridatoday.com/content/blogs/space/2009/05/live-in-orbit-mike-and-mike-prep-for.shtml
Six Mistakes in Thinking - (USA)
A few weeks ago, I proposed a list of recent books on reason. I’d read some of them previously, and was interested in the others based on positive reviews. I’m home in the States for a few weeks and reading one of them, Don’t Believe Everything You Think by Thomas Kida, and wanted to recommend it and discuss his “six basic mistakes.” I’ve been guilty of them all from time to time, sometimes egregiously, and no one is immune. 1. We prefer stories to statistics. I’ve written about this befor
http://www.mikebrotherton.com/?p=920
Saba Social Left Out Of IBM Deal - (USA)
Interesting news item - on the one hand, it seems straightforward. IBM partners with a well-known human capital management vendor that has a strong offering in the LMS/e-Learning space. The Saba partnership provides IBM with a few things:It allows IBM to exist this business and provide existing Lotus Learning customers a migration path (to Saba) It allows IBM to sell Saba's learning solution directly (augmenting the value proposition of WebSphere Portal via a learning accelerator) It allows
http://mikeg.typepad.com/perceptions/2009/05/saba-social-left-out-of-ibm-deal.html
The List: Every event worth listing Thurs., Aug. 13-Wed., Aug. 19 - (USA)
Ed. note: This piece was compiled by Danielle Favreau.VISUAL ARTS: OPENINGART UPTOWN 1367 Main St., Sarasota (955-5409 or artuptown.com). Shirley Dean will showcase her landscape, beach and local scene acrylics. Exhibit runs Aug 15-21. Dog Days Juried Art Show will feature submissions from local area artists 21 and over. Exhibit runs through Aug. 27. Regular hours are 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri. and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sat. Free.SUMNER STUDIO 1365 Blvd. of the Arts, Sarasota (957-3728). Pamela Sumner pr
http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/the941/2009/08/11/the-list-every-event-worth-listing-thurs-aug-13-wed-aug-19/
Posts about Obama Health Care Failure as of August 9, 2009 - (USA)
Free speech in Obama’s America - jasonhayes.org 08/09/2009 Another video of the SEIU attacks on citizens and voters who oppose Obamacare. Especially telling is the final few seconds of this video that explain how Sec of HHS, Kathleen Sebelius, phoned the same group of SEIU thugs after their violent assaults on these people and told them that they were doing a good job and [...] Video: Sen. Vitter (R-LA): “The angry mob is always welcome at MY Town Halls” - mofopolitics.com 08
http://coachep.com/wordpress/?p=1495
WhatBird | identify birds | bird identification guide | north america - (USA)
Identify birds in North America for bird watching or as a bird guide. Search engine for identifying birds. For birders and identification of wild birds.
http://www.whatbird.com/
Seeds of Truth - (USA)
Dissident voiceby Sheila Samples / May 13th, 2009 While ITNT has shown that bees are affected by electropollution , the case for pesticides has been hurled across the Mainstream media in recent documentaries and articles. Much of the Alternative media too seem to have concluded that the problem has been solved. Yet when we first investigated CCD we were struck by how beekeepers reported that pesticides caused piles of dead bodies outside the hive. This is not the case with CCD. This Spanish st
http://inthesenewtimes.com/2009/05/15/seeds-of-truth/
Another trail of twaddle - (USA)
Sea ice again. I was reading Gareth who had been reading Monbiot. And so I did too. After I'd waded through the goo and the dribble about Bush, the first item of substance was A new summary of the science published since last year's Intergovernmental Panel report suggests that - almost a century ahead of schedule - the critical climate processes might have begun. Just a year ago the Intergovernmental Panel warned that the Arctic's "late-summer sea ice is projected to disappear almost completel
http://scienceblogs.com/stoat/2008/11/another_trail_of_twaddle.php
Scholars on Iran - (USA)
Statement by 40 Engaged Scholars Thursday, August 6, 2009 Human beings are members of a whole, In creation of one essence and soul. If one member is afflicted with pain, Other members uneasy will remain. If you have no sympathy for human pain, The name of human you cannot retain. – A poem by the Persian poet Sa’adi (1210 – 1290) gracing the entrance of the Hall of Nations of the United Nations building in New York City If we speak out against the threat of force against Iran
http://tenpercent.wordpress.com/2009/08/09/scholars-on-iran/
nerd nite - (USA)
http://www.nerdnite.com/
Lockheed Martin Space Day - Lockheed Martin Space Day (Home) - (USA)
Lockheed Martin - Space Day's content management system
http://www.spaceday.com/
A Review Of The Ams Home Sciences Income Opportunity - (USA)
AMS Home Sciences was a result of the discovery of a substance that was eventually named adaptogens. These adaptogens are designed to help the body adapt to the many stresses that a person has to face in every day life. The adaptogens formula was developed from a plant found on the border between Russian and China by a Dr. Brekhman who received patronage from the Russian Government to develop the product. Adaptogens have been in use for more than forty years, and was first used by the Soviet e
http://www.mygr8blog.com/business/a-review-of-the-ams-home-sciences-income-opportunity/
Shadow & Substance Home Page - (USA)
Jupiter's moons as seen today. Comet Machholz as seen today. The Moon as seen today. Comet Machholz traveling through the inner solar system.
http://www.shadowandsubstance.com/
A Part, Yet Apart - (USA)
So, I’ve been thinking about the science fiction convention experience and wondering if I’m alone in my relationship with cons or whether it’s something more general to writers attempting to make their way up the pro ladder. Because, as a professional genre writer I find that I feel both a part of the convention community and apart from it. It has not always been this way for me. I am a 3rd generation fan, my mother and grandmother were part of the effort to save the original Star Trek series
http://www.sfnovelists.com/2009/08/11/a-part-yet-apart/
The traveller’s wisdome: hitchhiking science as a great human experience - (USA)
(Anton Krotov with the map showing his hitchhiking miles, taken here ) I got hooked on the topic since I learned about The Free Travel – not because I want to travel by hitchhiking but because the wisdom which people gain out of such experiences is so beautiful and true… One of the Gurus of of the subject in Russia is Anton Krotov, a founder of The Academy of Free Travel . He is not only a passionate traveller, but a wise man and an exellent writer of handbooks. A short biographic
http://1000petals.wordpress.com/2009/05/14/anton-krotovthe-travellers-wisdome-hitchhiking-science/
Air Force Office of Scientific Research officials launch social media outreach - (USA)
Air Force Office of Scientific Research officials launch social media outreach Air Force Office of Scientific Research officials here announced Aug. 7 the launch of two new pages on Facebook and Twitter. To follow AFOSR on each site, type “AFOSR” in the search box on each page. The new AFOSR Facebook and Twitter pages will provide real-time information on AFOSR stories, accomplishments, scientific breakthroughs and events. In addition, postings will include announcements and deadlines
http://www.resourceshelf.com/2009/08/09/air-force-office-of-scientific-research-officials-launch-social-media-outreach/
The Impact of Public Policy on Juvenile Crime - (USA)
The trend of public policy making and the impact it has on juvenile delinquency and the criminal justice system is a interesting topic to be explored. There are many implications and questions, and concerns in addressing this issue. The issue of juvenile delinquency is important in the sense that it directly impacts public policy. It has a direct link to rehabilitation resources available and crime prevention, as well as the process for juveniles when they enter the criminal justice system. Th
http://socyberty.com/crime/the-impact-of-public-policy-on-juvenile-crime/
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