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Date Sent: 2011-11-25
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Friday, November 25, 2011 PM edition |
Egypt faces surge of protesters as military faces 'Friday of the last chance'
Cairo and NYC: A Tale of Two Related Cities -- 45 percent in US struggle to make ends meet -- Cops Raid Cannabis Cup in Amsterdam -- Will U.S. Protesters Be Treated As Terrorists? -- The Plot To Make Hillary President -- TEPCO: Radioactive substances belong to landowners, not us --
Ex-Judge's Disability Rulings Probed -- POLL: Should we repeal the Real
ID Act? -- Debt Collapse - $20,000 Gold (Publisher Recommended) -- Jim
Quinn: The Gathering Storm (Publisher Recommended) -- The Scientific Dictatorship Explained (Publisher Recommended) -- Which Will Blow Up First? The EU or the US? -- Record Gold Hoard Spurs Bullish Bets -- Doug Casey on Fresh Starts -- Italy collapse would be the 'end of the euro' -- The Curse of Instigationism - by Thomas J. DiLorenzo -- Coming: Big Austerity Cuts -- Arab states set to impose no-fly zone over Syria with U.S. support
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News Link • Activism
Egypt faces surge of protesters as military faces 'Friday of the last chance'
11-25-2011
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telegraph.co.uk
A massive demonstration was gathering strength in Cairo with tens of thousands of protesters chanting, "Leave, leave" rapidly filling up Tahrir Square.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Bill of Rights
Cairo and NYC: A Tale of Two Related Cities
11-25-2011
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Paul Levinson
Police pepper spraying and beating of Occupy protesters in American cities has disturbing similarities to police response to the Arab Spring in Cairo.
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Paul Levinson
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
45 percent in US struggle to make ends meet
11-25-2011
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msnbc.com
Nearly half of all Americans lack economic security, meaning they live above the federal poverty threshold but still do not have enough money to cover housing, food, healthcare and other basic expenses, according to a survey of government and industr
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Drug War
Cops Raid Cannabis Cup in Amsterdam
11-25-2011
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opposingviews.com via RTR.ORG post
Early this morning, Dutch authorities raided the HIGH TIMES Cannabis Cup in Amsterdam.
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Ed Vallejo
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News Link • Activism
Will U.S. Protesters Be Treated As Terrorists?
11-25-2011
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intelhub.com
More and more lately, it seems I find myself asking the question just how and when the ‘Occupy’ protesters in the U.S. will be considered a threat to America’s Homeland Security? And then of course, treated as such.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Politics: Democratic Campaigns
The Plot To Make Hillary President
11-25-2011
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personalliberty.com
Leading Democrats are urging Barack Hussein Obama to withdraw as a candidate for re-election in 2012, as Lyndon Baines Johnson did almost 50 years ago.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Government
The "Great Leaders" Were Mass Murderers
11-25-2011
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mises.org
The greatest leaders, according to conventional appraisals, are usually those who draw the most blood. Most opinion makers distance themselves from Hitler, Mao, Stalin, and their ilk, although even here who can doubt they tower over modern history pr
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Police brutality at Buckeye, AZ Walmart
11-25-2011
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Phoenix New Times
Kops beat up man trying to help his grandson in a crowd of shoppers.
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G Cone
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News Link • Environment
TEPCO: Radioactive substances belong to landowners, not us
11-25-2011
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ajw.asahi.com
During court proceedings concerning a radioactive golf course, Tokyo Electric Power Co. stunned lawyers by saying the utility was not responsible for decontamination because it no longer "owned" the radioactive substances.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Welfare: Social
Ex-Judge's Disability Rulings Probed
11-25-2011
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The Wall Street Journal
Federal prosecutors in West Virginia are investigating a former Social Security Administration judge who awarded disability benefits in nearly every case that crossed his desk, according to people familiar with the investigation.
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Mike Renzulli
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News Link • Government
Should the Government Step In?
11-25-2011
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dailybell.com
The belief that there are more MF Globals has now taken hold. The thieves have pushed it too far and now we've got the start of a global liquidity run, and with good reason.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Politics: Libertarian Campaigns
POLL: Should we repeal the Real ID Act?
11-25-2011
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BeatTheChip
Local governments and US residents have been urged to comply with increased demand for nationalized forms of identity since the passage of the Real ID Act, May 11, 2005. Real ID was recently defunded by DHS and its regulations have been banned by hal
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Sheila Dean
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News Link • Precious Metals
Debt Collapse - $20,000 Gold (Publisher Recommended)
10-26-2011
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YouTube.Com
Mike Maloney On Gold, Silver & Economics (Video) (Publisher: I watched the whole 90 minutes and it went by very quickly... great info)
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Economy - International
Kyle Bass pawns BBC's HARDtalk (Publisher Recommended)
11-20-2011
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www.wallstreetoasis.com
Kyle Bass on the other hand knows his shit cold, and on the show last Friday the subprime superstar didn’t hold back on taking down Sara Montague’s accusive, somewhat insulting rhetoric and absolutely decimated her absurdly sensationalist arguments.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • History
Jim Quinn: The Gathering Storm (Publisher Recommended)
03-14-2011
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ZeroHedge.com
An examination and understanding of history would have revealed that we have been here before. We were here in 1773. We were here in 1860. We were here in 1929. We are here again. The Fourth Turning has returned in its predictable cycle, just as...
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Welfare: Corporate
The Scientific Dictatorship Explained (Publisher Recommended)
07-27-2011
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oldthinkernews.com
“The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government...
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Which Will Blow Up First? The EU or the US?
11-25-2011
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lewrockwell.com/Peter Schiff
For much of the past few months it looked as if Europe was set to blow. But Angela Merkel's refusal to support a Federal Reserve style bailout of European sovereigns and her recent statement the she had no Hank Paulson style fiscal bazooka in her han
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Precious Metals
Record Gold Hoard Spurs Bullish Bets
11-25-2011
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Bloomberg.com via Kitco.com
Eighteen of 26 surveyed by Bloomberg expect bullion to rise next week.
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Ed Vallejo
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Macy's CEO Says Retailer Is In 'Great Position' for Holidays
11-25-2011
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cnbc.com
Lundgren estimates between 9,000 and 10,000 shoppers lined up outside the retailer's flagship store in New York's Herald Square for the kick-off of Macy's "Black Friday" sales.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Economy - International
Egypt Exchange to Stay Open Despite Turmoil: Chairman
11-25-2011
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cnbc.com
The march comes as Egypt’s Stock Exchange (EGX) Chairman Mohammed Omran rejected suggestions another closure could occur if turmoil persists in the country. The EGX shut its doors for almost two months on January 27, sparking outrage from both domest
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Events: America
Best Buy Store Not Allowing Black Friday Shoppers To Pitch Tents
11-25-2011
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CBS Sacramento
Best Buy is Roseville is telling would-be customers to take down their tents " perhaps a result of the ongoing “Occupy” demonstrations.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Media: Television
Battle of the newswomen as Katie Couric 'eyes up Diane Sawyer's anchor spot on ABC World New
11-25-2011
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dailymail.co.uk
Ambitious news presenter Katie Couric is said to be eyeing up Diane Sawyer's hot seat on ABC World News.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Healthcare Industry
Global health fund halts new programs
11-25-2011
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cbsnews.com
The world's biggest financier in the fight against three killer diseases says it has run out of money to pay for new grant programs for the next two years " a situation likely to hit poor AIDS patients around the world.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Mexico
Mexico acknowledges 2nd Mayan reference to 2012
11-25-2011
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news.yahoo.com
Mexico's archaeology institute downplays theories that the ancient Mayas predicted some sort of apocalypse would occur in 2012, but on Thursday it acknowledged that a second reference to the date exists on a carved fragment found at a southern Mexico
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Economy - International
Italy collapse would be the 'end of the euro'
11-25-2011
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RTE News
Italy had to pay record rates to raise €10bn this morning, while France and Germany warn that a blow-out in its giant debt mountain would signal "the end of the euro."
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Activism
Demonstrators Plan to Occupy Retailers on Black Friday
11-25-2011
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cnbc.com
Some demonstrators are planning to occupy retailers on Black Friday to protest "the business that are in the pockets of Wall Street."
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Africa: On the Map
Thousands rally in Egypt on "last chance Friday"
11-25-2011
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news.yahoo.com
Tens of thousands of Egyptians demanding an end to military rule packed Cairo's Tahrir square on Friday in the biggest turnout of a week of protests and violence that has killed 41 people.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Events: America
Black Friday turns ugly at Los Angeles Wal-Mart: Shopper pepper sprays crowd to get deal, 20 injured
11-25-2011
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nydailynews.com
The suspect began shooting the pepper spray when the coverings of items she wanted were removed, police said
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
PopSci Q&A: Lytro CEO Ren Ng Talks About Making Light-Field Happen
11-25-2011
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popsci.com
This year, for the first time, a camera has been awarded PopSci's Innovation of the Year. The Lytro Light-Field Camera, a $400 gadget that allows photographers to re-focus pictures after they're taken, is the product of a decade of work from Ren Ng.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
The Most Capable Robot Geologist Ever Built Now Heads to Mars to Find Life
11-25-2011
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popsci.com
How 11 unique instruments will help the Mars Science Laboratory carry out a very ambitious mission
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Science
Sea-Gliding Robots Embark on Ambitious Pacific Crossing
11-25-2011
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popsci.com
Two pairs of self-propelled oceangoing robots have begun slowly making their way across the Pacific Ocean, setting off Nov. 17 from San Francisco on an epic journey covering 33,000 nautical miles.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Science
New Glow-in-the-Dark Material Charges In One Minute, Glows Infrared for Two Weeks
11-25-2011
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popsci.com
Glow-in-the-dark devices, which emit visible light after exposure to sunlight, are as commonplace as a wristwatch. But these are not that great when you want to see and not be seen " say you’re a special ops soldier checking the time while tracking a
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Driven: The All-Electric Rolls Royce 102EX
11-25-2011
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popsci.com
One of the highlights of the LA Auto Show was a chance to drive the Rolls Royce 102EX, a one-of-a-kind electric Phantom. Powered by two 145-kilowatt motors, one at each rear wheel, for a total of 590 pound-feet of torque, the 102EX has a range of abo
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Electronic Contact Lenses Tested Successfully in Real Live Eyes
11-25-2011
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popsci.com
Back in 2009, we wrote about a contact lens in the works that displayed visual feedback right before your eyes, Terminator style. Well, two years and a few months later, Professor Babak Parviz has a working model.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
The Goods: November 2011's Hottest Gadgets
11-25-2011
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popsci.com
A stainless steel beer growler, an ultralight tent, high-tech binoculars and much more
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Lost Mars Probe Briefly Phones Home, But the Window to Save the Phobos-Grunt Mission is Closing
11-25-2011
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popsci.com
Finally, Russia’s Phobos-Grunt spacecraft has called home. The European Space Agency has confirmed that Roscosmos’ marooned spacecraft--stuck in Earth orbit after a failed booster firing failed to set it on a course for Mars earlier this month--made
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Science
Graphene Foam Sensors Cheaply Detect Trace Particles in Air Ten Times Better Than Current Tech
11-25-2011
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popsci.com
Nanotechnology as a discipline is bleeding-edge cool, but so often we hear more about its amazing potential than its practical application.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Q&A: How to Rate the Habitability of Other Planets
11-25-2011
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popsci.com
These days, every exoplanet discovery is still rich with excitement, as astronomers scrutinize each distant world and consider its possible characteristics. But this could get tedious pretty soon, as the number of confirmed exoplanets climbs into the
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • NeoCons
Showdown at Neocon Central
11-25-2011
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anti-war.com
Newt is the "mainstream" media’s new darling. That’s because he can always be counted on to reiterate the neocons’ favorite talking points, and on this occasion he did not disappoint...
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Ed Vallejo
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News Link • Men trying to be our God
The Curse of Instigationism by Thomas J. DiLorenzo
11-25-2011
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LRC.com
The real "isolationists" who seek to destroy the peaceful cooperation among the people of the world are a group of people who might be called "instigationists."
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Ed Vallejo
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News Link • Agriculture
Deforestation Causes Cooling
11-25-2011
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arclein
he researchers collected temperature data from a network of specialized weather stations in forests ranging from Florida to Manitoba and compared results with nearby stations situated in open grassy areas that were used as a proxy for deforested land
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robert klein
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News Link • Science
Permian Extinction Dating Refined
11-25-2011
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arclein
About 95 percent of marine life and 70 percent of terrestrial life became extinct during what is known as the end-Permian, a time when continents were all one land mass called Pangea. The environment ranged from desert to lush forest. Four-limbed ver
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robert klein
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News Link • Agriculture
Pastured Chicken Versus Organic
11-25-2011
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arclein
Although it's far from the current reality, one of the most transformative innovations -- and I believe the most ideal method for grain acquisition -- would be an independent system owned and controlled by local farmers. The grains would have to be
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robert klein
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Arab states set to impose no-fly zone over Syria with U.S. support
11-24-2011
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The Hals Report
Critics fear West will use framework to launch full scale strike
Kuwait’s Al Rai daily news has received information from senior European sources claiming Arab States backed by U.S. military logistics support are set to impose a no-fly zone over S
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