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Date Sent: 2011-11-15
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Tuesday, November 15, 2011 PM edition |
US Military to Help Fight Nigerian Terrorists -- A Gold Rush of Subsidies in Clean Energy Search
Teacher Accused Of Making Students Rub Her Feet -- Poll: Ron Paul claims front runner status, soaring past Gingrich, Romney -- Fannie, Freddie executives score $100M payday post bailout --
TSA warns travelers not to smuggle carry-On items in Christmas gift
wrap -- New Method for Making Neurons Could Lead to Parkinson's
Treatment -- Why Ron Paul Has Such Strong Support From Veterans -- NATO fears Libya war crimes investigation by world court -- C-Span, Romney skip Saturday GOP Debate -- Guns and Combating Home Invasion Robbers -- Proof of Staple Food Price Inflation -- Herman Cain on Libya -- Government as venture capitalist --
Even as Governments Act, Time Runs Short for Euro -- The Definitive
Presentation On The Future (or lack thereof) Of The Eurozone
AZ: John Stuart trial jury deliberations
continue, verdict might be today; Christmas Party Saturday, December 10th,
2011 at the Hancock's 6 p.m. til ??? Save the date....
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News Link • Africa: On the Map
Reports: U.S. Military to Help Fight Nigerian Terrorists
11-15-2011
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Wired
The Pentagon’s shadow war in Africa could have a new front, if reports coming out of Nigeria are accurate. U.S. troops are headed to Nigeria to help local forces do battle with Boko Haram, an Islamic terror group that has killed up to 400 people this
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Energy
A Gold Rush of Subsidies in Clean Energy Search
11-15-2011
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nytimes.com
Halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco, on a former cattle ranch and gypsum mine, NRG Energy is building an engineering marvel: a compound of nearly a million solar panels that will produce enough electricity to power about 100,000 homes.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
Teacher Accused Of Making Students Rub Her Feet
11-15-2011
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http://www.wyff4.com
"She was taught to do what the teacher said do," said Norris. "And the teacher wants her to rub her feet? She told me 'grandma, you didn't tell me if I touch someone else, to tell you.' That broke my heart."
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Poll: Ron Paul claims frontrunner status, soaring past Gingrich, Romney
11-15-2011
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Rawstory
A surprising new poll out of Bloomberg News on Tuesday morning found that former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA) is not the only Republican to benefit from the seeming demise of other prior frontrunners.
Beating all the odds and the pundits’ ex
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Housing
Fannie, Freddie executives score $100M payday post bailout
11-15-2011
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CNN
Mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac received the biggest federal bailout of the financial crisis. And nearly $100 million of those tax dollars went to lucrative pay packages for top executives, filings show.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Police State
Today on LewRockwell.com - Tuesday Nov. 15th 2011
11-15-2011
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LewRockwell.com
Worship of Military Violence - Jesse vs. the Fascist States of America - How the CIA Elected Its Presidents - Return of the War Party Salivating for blood. Article by Pat Buchanan - Childhood Pals From the Power Elite - Ron Paul Should Not Be Preside
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
TSA warns travelers not to smuggle carry-On items in Christmas gift wrap
11-15-2011
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wtsp.com
Security screeners at LAX will apparently have zero tolerance for holiday cheer this Christmas.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Internet
Roger McNamee: Six ways to save the internet
11-15-2011
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TED Talks
The next big shift is now, and it’s not what you think: Facebook is the new Windows; Google must be sacrificed. At TEDxSantaCruz, tech investor Roger McNamee presents 6 bold ways to prepare for the next internet.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Internet
Alexis Ohanian: How to make a splash in social media
11-15-2011
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www.ted.com
In a funny, rapid-fire 4 minutes, Alexis Ohanian of Reddit tells the real-life fable of one humpback whale's rise to Web stardom. The lesson of Mister Splashy Pants is a shoo-in classic for meme-makers and marketers in the Facebook age.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Internet
Kevin Kelly on the next 5,000 days of the web
11-15-2011
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TedTalk
At the 2007 EG conference, Kevin Kelly shares a fun stat: The World Wide Web, as we know it, is only 5,000 days old. Now, Kelly asks, how can we predict what's coming in the next 5,000 days? (4 yrs ago and already...)
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Entertainment: Television (TV)
Even SNL’s Satan is horrified by protesting Penn State students, Paterno
11-15-2011
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RawStory
Later, looking directly into the camera to address the students who protested coach Paterno’s firing, Sudeikis-as-Satan asked, “Do you know how bad that made you look?”
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
New Method for Making Neurons Could Lead to Parkinson's Treatment
11-15-2011
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Technology Review
When transplanted into rodents with brain damage similar to Parkinson's, the cells reversed the animals' motor issues.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Republican Party Candidates in Four-Way Dead Heat
11-15-2011
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www.bloomberg.com
A Bloomberg News poll shows Cain at 20 percent, Paul at 19 percent, Romney at 18 percent and Gingrich at 17 percent among the likely attendees with the caucuses that start the nominating contests seven weeks away.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • NATO
NATO fears Libya war crimes investigation by world court
11-15-2011
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msnbc.com
The alliance has always maintained that its operations in Libya were carried out strictly in keeping with a U.N. Security Council resolution that authorized member states "to take all necessary measures to protect civilians and civilian populated are
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
C-Span, Romney skip Saturday GOP Debate
11-15-2011
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www.politico.com
“anybody can live-stream.” Romney, who returns to Iowa on November 23, is also sitting out the debate, as is Huntsman. But forum moderator Frank Luntz, “America’s Favorite Pollster,” says the debate has great potential:
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Ron Paul's Real Electability: Stopping The Third Party Threat
11-15-2011
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thenewamerican.com
"For Ron Paul to run as an independent," Fox News Channel's Juan Williams wrote back on November 4, "could be the biggest, most consequential third party candidacy in American history. Yes, one that is even bigger than Ross Perot’s candidacy was in t
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Self-Help: Rational Living
Letter Re: Guns and Combatting Home Invasion Robbers
11-15-2011
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survivalblog.com
Don’t think for a minute that a gunfight will be like in the movies. FBI crime stats say that a man who is well oxygenated and pumped with adrenaline can keep firing on you for 14 seconds after his heart has been blown clear out.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Food Recipes - Long Term Storage Foods
Letter Re: Staple Foods Storage By The Numbers
11-15-2011
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survivalblog.com
Daily caloric intake recommendations depend heavily on activity. Yes, the recommendation is 2,000 calories for an adult male with moderate activity (note - *not* exercise!), and 3,000 us reasonable in a survival situation given the need for hunting,
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Food Recipes - Long Term Storage Foods
Letter Re: Proof of Staple Food Price Inflation
11-15-2011
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survivalblog.com
The average price increase is 63%, with wheat and oats almost doubling in cost the past 12 months. The Mormon canneries still have the best bulk food prices I can find, but stock up now, as food prices continue to rise and the Mormon church may not a
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Foreign Policy
Herman Cain on Libya
11-15-2011
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YouTube.com
Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain talks to the Journal Sentinel editorial board about the Obama administration's handling of Libya. (aka... 'The Implosion of the Herman Cain Campaign')
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Government Waste
Government as venture capitalist
11-15-2011
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cafe hayek
Solyndra, the solar-panel maker that received more than half a billion dollars in federal loans from the Obama administration only to go bankrupt this fall, isn’t the first dud for U.S. government officials trying to play venture capitalist in the en
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • European Union
Even as Governments Act, Time Runs Short for Euro
11-15-2011
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CNBC
The window of opportunity to save the euro is rapidly closing, as the sovereign debt crisis erodes the solvency of Europe’s banks and drives up borrowing rates for even once rock-solid countries like France.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Republican Gets Serious Look for Fed Board Spot
11-15-2011
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Wall Street Journal
Jerome Powell, 58, worked on Wall Street before joining the Treasury in 1990 and eventually became undersecretary for domestic finance.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Agriculture
U.S. Farmers Reclaim Land From Developers
11-15-2011
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Wall Street Journal
Five years into a brutal national housing downturn, raw land destined for residential development has fallen so far in value that thousands of acres across the country are being used again for agriculture.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Iran
OLD LIES IN NEW BOTTLES
11-15-2011
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ericmargolis.com
The UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) long awaited, much ballyhooed report on Iran’s nuclear activities has been thunderously greeted here as conclusive evidence that Iran is working on nuclear weapons.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Chemtrails
Colossal GeoEngineering in Plain Sight
11-15-2011
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Prison Planet/Alex Jones
After 16 years of denial, the White House Science Czar John P Holdren now admits that they have been “testing” the manipulation of Earth’s atmosphere with Barium salts, Aluminum Dioxide and other toxic compounds.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • European Union
The Definitive Presentation On The Future (or lack thereof) Of The Eurozone
11-15-2011
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Zero Hedge
the fact remains that no matter what, no matter the scale of lies out of Europe, the problem still remains: the math just does not make any sense.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Agriculture
Range Sustainability With Bison
11-15-2011
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arclein
Grazing bison help promote a healthy ecosystem with roaming hooves that function as natural tractors, aerating the earth and rotating seeds. Their waste is a potent fertilizer.
“If you take bison off that land, the grass is going to produce about
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robert klein
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News Link • Agriculture
Turkey Feed Optimization
11-15-2011
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arclein
Firman reduced production cost by finding the exact amount of amino acids necessary to maximize turkey growth. With this knowledge, he was able to reduce the usage of more expensive proteins and increase use of less ex
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robert klein
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Programmable Cell Initiative
11-15-2011
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arclein
"Currently, each time we need a cell that will perform a certain new function we have to recreate it from scratch which is a long and laborious process. Most people think all we have to do to modify behavior is to modify a cell's DNA but it's not
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robert klein
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News Link • Agriculture
Desert Forestry Gaining Traction
11-15-2011
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arclein
On planting the Sahara desert with trees, atmospheric scientist Richard Anthes, president of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado opines that “the proposal is incredibly important and definitely worth taking seriou
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robert klein
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Scientist: Jupiter saved earth, ejected gigantic planet from early solar system
11-15-2011
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Terrence Aym
The giant Jovian world, fifth planet from the sun, dominates all the worlds of our solar system. According to astronomers, Jupiter also acts like a massive vacuum cleaner sweeping up much of the debris that litters the outer system. Its powerful grav
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Terrence Aym
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