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Date Sent: 2011-08-31
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Wednesday, August 31, 2011 PM edition |
Arrested for Letting Your 10 year old Ride a Bike to School
Grandma Bunks With Jobless Kids as Multigenerational Homes Surge --
Obama's "Mickey Mouse" Plan to Save The Nations Housing Market -- Quartzsite recalls its Mayor in Election -- The Ripple Effect: Water Shortages Likely In Most Populated Cities -- Judge orders Kansas to restore funding to Planned Parenthood -- The Greatest Plot Against the Ron Paul Camp To Date -- Feds May Confiscate Privately Held Gold and Silver Coins -- Man Faces Life In Jail For Recording Police -- McDonald’s Pushes Dangerous Vaccinations On School Kids -- Russian
Firm Got No-Bid Pentagon Contract After Selling Arms to Iran -- The Countdown Has Begun: Are You Getting Prepared? -- The Coming Infrastructure Bank as an Off-Balance Sheet Scam -- Sell America to China Faster, Says New York Fed Official Kathryn Wylde -- Average Loan In Foreclosure Has Been Delinquent For A Record 599 Days -- Mexico to give HPV vaccine to all girls from 2012 -- The Attack on Gold Escalates: NYT Columnist Wants to Stop the "Gold
Bubble" -- Stanford Scientists Find Way to Predict Sunspots
AZ: Arizona
Breakfast Club this Saturday OathKeepers at Quartzsite wrap up and
Sen. Russell Pierce Dist. 18 Recall Election; Arizona State
University Law School Debate - "Should Marijuana Be Legalized?"
Sept. 12@ noon
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Arrested for Letting Your 10 year old Ride a Bike to School
08-31-2011
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Could you be arrested for allowing your 5'th grade child to ride her bike one mile to school? That certainly seems crazy as we try to encourage active life styles for our kids. That certainly seems crazy as we try to promote safe routes to school p
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Police State
Gibson Guitar Corp. Sings a Mean Tune to the Federal Pirates
08-31-2011
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youtube (h/t Lew Rockwell blog)
Henry Juszkiewicz, Chairman and CEO of Gibson Guitar Corp., has responded to the August 24 raid of Gibson facilities in Nashville and Memphis by the Federal Government. In a press release, Juszkiewicz said: "Gibson is innocent and will fight to prote
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Aging Baby Boomers Will Be A Drag On The US Economy For Years
08-31-2011
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bloomberg.com/
“Maybe one of the solutions here is that they work a year or two longer,” he said. “Do we really think we are going to have a lot of 80-year-olds in the workforce? It sounds good until you start thinking about the practicalities of it.”
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Grandma Bunks With Jobless Kids as Multigenerational Homes Surge
08-31-2011
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mobile.bloomberg.com
Home builder KB Home (KBH) is seeing increased demand for what it calls double master suites, two large bedrooms with attached bathrooms to accommodate parents living with their adult children...
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Housing
Obama's "Mickey Mouse" Plan to Save The Nations Housing Market
08-31-2011
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ZeroHedge.com
It is Bernanke that is frustrated that his low interest rate policy has not resulted in more ReFi’s. You can also take as a fact that Bernanke wants something done on mortgage relief.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Quartzsite recalls Ed Foster in Election
08-31-2011
Quartzsite, Arizona August 30, 2011 - Jennifer Jade Jones ran in the recall election for Mayor Ed Foster's job, but then told voters to vote for Foster.
"There's been so much angry rhetoric, especially against the mayor and myself," says Jones. "
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Thomas Costanzo
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News Link • Government
Bay State Bums
08-31-2011
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DiMasi is the third consecutive Massachusetts House speaker convicted of a felony. Speaker Extortion succeeded his mentor, Speaker Obstruction of Justice, who succeeded his mentor, Speaker Felony Tax Evasion. DiMasi’s own protégé, Robert DeLeo, curre
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Be careful what you wish for...Lizarraga defeats Foster
08-31-2011
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quartzsitearizona.blogspot.com
In a surprisingly predictable yet nauseating turn of events, Jose Lizarraga defeated Mayor Ed Foster by about the same number of votes that swung last spring's election in the incumbents favor.
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Gwendolyn Strmic
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News Link • Sexuality: Sex and the Law
Surveillance photo shows officer in sex act: Some viewers may find this photo offensive
08-31-2011
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www.kob.com
KOB Eyewitness News 4 has obtained surveillance pictures of a State Police officer having sex with a woman on the hood of a car in broad daylight.
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Gwendolyn Strmic
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News Link • Government
The Ripple Effect: Water Shortages Likely In Most Populated Cities
08-31-2011
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readynutrition.com
The realization that our water is in fact a finite resource has become all the more clear over the last year where parts of the country have experienced the worst droughts in a century.
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Gwendolyn Strmic
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Judge orders Kansas to restore funding to Planned Parenthood
08-31-2011
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www.rawstory.com
A federal judge ordered that funding for Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri be restored immediately, after a new state law stripped it of funding for non-abortion activities.
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Gwendolyn Strmic
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News Link • Gun Rights
Holder Plays 'Shell Game' at Justice, Should Resign Instead, Says CCRKBA
08-31-2011
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www.reuters.com
Today's replacement of Kenneth Melson as acting head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is a political charade by the man who really ought to tender his resignation, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms s
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Gwendolyn Strmic
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Ron Paul’s Vice Presidential Choices
08-31-2011
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Walter Block and Steve Berger via lewrockwell.com
Politico has focused on the Vice Presidential sweepstakes, and who are we to demur? Of course, this organization does not mention Congressman Ron Paul as a viable candidate, and, on this, we agree.
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Gwendolyn Strmic
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
The Greatest Plot Against the Ron Paul Camp To Date
08-31-2011
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www.boilingfrogspost.com
The Ron Paul 2012 Presidential Campaign announced today that constitutional and international law expert Bruce Fein will join the campaign as senior advisor on legal matters.
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Gwendolyn Strmic
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Texas Gov. Perry became a millionaire while serving in office
08-31-2011
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www.mcclatchydc.com
Since his first race for office more than a quarter-century ago, Gov. Rick Perry has emphasized his roots as a rural farmer.
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Gwendolyn Strmic
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Deadly car bomb hits Pakistan's Quetta city
08-31-2011
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english.aljazeera.net
Pakistani police say ten people were killed after a car bomb exploded outside a mosque following Eid prayers.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Activism
Army Ranger's widow removed from Donald Rumsfeld book signing
08-31-2011
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www.mcclatchydc.com
Two people were removed from a Donald Rumsfeld book signing last Friday at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, including the Yelm widow of an Army Ranger who blames the military for her husband’s suicide.
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Gwendolyn Strmic
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Ron Paul: Some federal disaster response is okay
08-31-2011
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www.rawstory.com
After calling for cuts to FEMA over the past weekend, Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) appeared on Anderson Cooper 360 Monday night and was asked if he wanted to get rid of the agency entirely.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • 911 / World Trade Center
Lawrence O’Donnell: Nothing more fraudulent than Giuliani as ‘hero of 9/11′
08-31-2011
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www.rawstory.com
MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell ripped former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani for choosing to put the city’s Emergency Command and Control Center in the World Trade Center despite being advised by professionals in his administration not to place it i
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Gold and Silver
Feds May Confiscate Privately Held Gold and Silver Coins
08-31-2011
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www.prisonplanet.com
Coin World reports that the feds are looking to seize liberty dollars from collectors and those using the coins instead of inflation-ridden Federal Reserve notes.
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Gwendolyn Strmic
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News Link • 911 / World Trade Center
New footage: Rescue team searches NYC subway after 9/11
08-31-2011
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www.prisonplanet.com
CBS News correspondent Bob Orr has obtained never before seen footage of firefighters searching for survivors in the subway lines below the World Trade Center. The video was captured by FEMA in the days following the September 11 attacks.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Police State
Man Faces Life In Jail For Recording Police
08-31-2011
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www.prisonplanet.com
Every other case involving people arrested for filming cops has been thrown out of court
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Florida Funeral Home First to Debut Alternative to Cremation: Liquefaction
08-31-2011
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www.popsci.com
A Florida funeral home has debuted a new alternative to cremation, known as the Resomator, that uses heated alkaline water to dissolve bodies in about three hours.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Pushing the Limits of the Touch Screen
08-31-2011
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www.technologyreview.com
An engineer has rigged up several devices that enable a touch interface to respond to nuances such as pressure.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Today on LewRockwell.com - Wednesday, August 31, 2011
08-31-2011
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www.lewrockwell.com
Race and Economics - Let's tell the truth, shall we? Article by Walter Williams. / Forget Calories and Exhausting Exercise - To lose fat, eat fat. Don Miller, MD, talks to Lew Rockwell. / The Trouble With Egalitarianism - It justifies the total state
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Hands-On With Sony’s New Wedge-Shaped Tablet S
08-31-2011
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www.wired.com
Still got tablet fever? Somebody must, because they just keep coming.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
What Recovery? Undemocratic and Corrupt, the EU Faces Dis-Union
08-31-2011
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www.thedailybell.com
This article in the UK Telegraph takes a dim view of the "recovery" that the West is supposed to be enjoying. In fact, it cites a good deal of evidence to show the West's economic situation is about to get even worse.
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
The best way to stay out of student loan debt and boost your resume
08-31-2011
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www.sovereignman.com
Despite the mind-numbing mantra we constantly hear from our political leaders and central bankers that inflation does not exist, there are certain parts of our lives where even a freeze-dried coffee bean can see that prices are clearly rising: At the
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Vaccines and Vaccinations
McDonald’s Pushes Dangerous Vaccinations On School Kids
08-31-2011
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www.infowars.com
In addition to pushing junk food " chock full of saturated fats, hydrogenated fats and refined sugar " McDonald’s is now pushing dangerous vaccinations on school kids.
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Gwendolyn Strmic
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News Link • Government Waste
America has wasted $60bn fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq through poor planning and fraud
08-31-2011
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Associated Press
As much as $60billion in U.S. funds has been lost to waste and fraud in the past decade of fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, it has been claimed.
The billions have been lost through lax oversight of contractors, poor planning and payoffs to warlor
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • Military Industrial Complex
Russian Firm Got No-Bid Pentagon Contract After Selling Arms to Iran
08-31-2011
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For 2 years, the US regarded Rosoboronexport, Russia’s official weapons exporter, as an international pariah for selling arms to Iran and Syria. Then, the US suddenly lifted sanctions against it. Now the Pentagon has awarded the company a no-bid cont
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
The Countdown Has Begun: Are You Getting Prepared?
08-31-2011
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Market-ticker.org
This is not just about outrunning a bad situation; it's also about reducing your risk of dying when, not if, the "medical safety net" you're accustomed to today disappears. I believe it will.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Obama Administration
The Coming Infrastructure Bank as an Off-Balance Sheet Scam
08-31-2011
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EconomicPolicyJournal.com
The debt it issued would be "off-budget," which means it wouldn't show up in annual outlays.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Sell America to China Faster, Says New York Fed Official Kathryn Wylde
08-31-2011
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NakedCapitalism.com/
Kathryn Wylde: Chinese leadership is fed up with U.S. policies and politics that discourage foreign investment in business and real estate, at the same time their country is holding much of our national debt.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Housing
Average Loan In Foreclosure Has Been Delinquent For A Record 599 Days
08-31-2011
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Businessinsider.com
The July Mortgage Monitor report released by Lender Processing Services, Inc. shows that foreclosure timelines continue their steady upward trend, as a payment has not been made on the average loan in foreclosure in a record 599 days.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Mexico
Mexico to give HPV vaccine to all girls from 2012
08-31-2011
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Rawstory.com
Beginning in 2012, the HPV vaccine will be part of the normal course of shots given to all girls at the age of nine, Health Minister Jose Angel Cordova said.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Housing
Here's The Bomb That Might Blow A Hole In Bank Of America...
08-31-2011
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Businessinsider.com
The analyst thinks that 35% or more of Bank of America's loans might end up going into default, versus the 5% the bank says are in default today.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Precious Metals
The Attack on Gold Escalates: NYT Columnist Wants to Stop the "Gold Bubble"
08-31-2011
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EconomicPolicyJournal.com
...if regulators are going to stop the next bubble, they will need to act aggressively. Of course, they shouldn’t act in every circumstance, but when we see volatility and speculation as is the case of gold, acting to curb these forces...
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News Link • Science
Vesta Puzzle
08-31-2011
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arclein
Planetary scientists thought they knew what to expect when NASA's Dawn spacecraft returned the first close-up portrait of the giant asteroid Vesta last month. Fuzzy images from the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) taken in 1996 seemed to show that somet
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robert klein
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News Link • Climate Change
Global Methane Riddle
08-31-2011
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arclein
"It was an amazing mystery as to why this occurred," said earth system science professor Eric Saltzman, a co-author of one paper, which suggests that reduced use of petroleum and increased capture and commercial use of natural gas were the drivin
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News Link • Science
Stanford Scientists Find Way to Predict Sunspots
08-31-2011
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arclein
Stanford physicists probing the sun's deep interior have predicted the emergence of sunspots on the surface a full two days before they appear, providing the first early warning of the violent solar storms that can endanger astronauts in space, di
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robert klein
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Business Legacy of Steve Jobs
08-31-2011
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arclein
The 41 year old Steve Jobs who arrived back at Apple in 1996 had already had a lifetime's worth of business experience. Due to the success of the Apple II personal computer he had a multi-million fortune by the age of 25. Doubtless he felt that he c
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