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Date Sent: 2012-03-22
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Thursday, March 22, 2012 PM edition |
Student-Loan Debt Tops $1 Trillion -- Soldiers mutiny at military base in Mali
Dallas Fed: Top five U.S. banks hold over half of industry’s assets -- Obama to push US agencies on south Keystone line -- Marines down on Obama -- Wis. town longs for relief from mysterious booms -- Effective World Government Will Be Needed to Stave Off Climate Catastrophe --
Sheriff Joe: 'Tons' more shocking Obama info -- Finally, Romney gets
tea party support -- More Evidence Cops Believe They’re Above The law -- French serial killer jumps out window with all guns blazing -- Greeks Adopt Alternative Currencies as Economy Implodes -- Troops stressed to breaking point -- Bold, outright manipulation of the silver market evident for all to see -- U.S. Citizen Resigns After Making Controversial Remark About Country -- IRS forms "SWAT team" for tax dodge crackdown -- Rutgers student says sorry to gay roommate's family -- NYPD says Iran has conducted surveillance in NYC -- 03-22-12 -- Lt. Eric Shine - Jan Helfeld (MP3 & Video Loaded) -- Killing babies no different from abortion,
experts say -- How Obama is reviving the evil of eugenics -- Democide
Mass-Murder and the New World Order -- Arrests Made As OWS Protesters, Police Clash In Union Square -- Supreme Court: States can't be sued by workers for denying sick leave -- General to offer Afghan pullout plan by year’s end -- Perils of Attacking Iran - by Stephen Lendman
AZ: Donna Hancock - 50th Birthday
Party - Saturday, March 24th, 2012 - 2 p.m. til ???
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
Student-Loan Debt Tops $1 Trillion
03-22-2012
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Wall Street Journal
The amount Americans owe on student loans is far higher than earlier estimates and could lead some consumers to postpone buying homes, potentially slowing the housing recovery, officials said. Total student debt outstanding surpassed $1 trillion late
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Military
Soldiers mutiny at military base in Mali
03-22-2012
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http://www.sfgate.com, By BABA AHMED AND RUKMINI C
Soldiers on Wednesday stormed the state TV and radio station in Mali, as fears of a possible coup gripped the country in the wake of a military mutiny which spread from a garrison in the capital to one thousands of miles away.
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Reported by:
Robert Lee
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Dallas Fed: Top five U.S. banks hold over half of industry’s assets
03-22-2012
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Rawstory
In its annual report for 2011 the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas released a startling report revealing that 52% of all the assets held by the entire banking industry have now become aggregated into the hands of just five companies, and the top 10 ins
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Obama Administration
UPDATE 2-Obama to push US agencies on south Keystone line
03-22-2012
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http://www.reuters.com
Southern Keystone line would drain oil glut in central U.S.
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Reported by:
Robert Lee
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News Link • Military
Paper: Marines down on Obama
03-22-2012
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http://washingtonexaminer.com,byCharlie Spiering
The Marine Corps Times previews its cover story about anti-Obama Marines at their 'Battle Rattle' blog.
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Reported by:
Robert Lee
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News Link • Weird/Offbeat News
Wis. town longs for relief from mysterious booms
03-22-2012
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http://hosted.ap.org, By DINESH RAMDE and CARRIE A
Bemused curiosity is turning into worry and aggravation for families in a small Wisconsin town longing for peace and quiet after three nights of mysterious booming noises that have sent some residents into the streets
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Reported by:
Robert Lee
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News Link • Climate Change
Effective World Government Will Be Needed to Stave Off Climate Catastrophe
03-22-2012
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http://blogs.scientificamerican.com, By Gary Stix
Almost six years ago, I was the editor of a single-topic issue on energy for Scientific American that included an article by Princeton University’s Robert Socolow
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Reported by:
Robert Lee
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News Link • Conspiracies
Sheriff Joe: 'Tons' more shocking Obama info
03-22-2012
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http://www.wnd.com, by Joe Kovacs
“America’s toughest sheriff” says there is “tons” more potentially shocking information on Barack Obama in connection with his probe into the president’s eligibility
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Reported by:
Robert Lee
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Finally, Romney gets tea party support
03-22-2012
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http://www.washingtontimes.com, By Ralph Z. Hallow
The organization that ignited the tea party as a national mass movement gave Mitt Romney perhaps his biggest victory yet
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Police State
More Evidence Cops Believe They’re Above The law
03-22-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, YouTube
Cops think they’ve got free reign to break the law.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • TERRORISM
French serial killer jumps out window with all guns blazing
03-22-2012
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Daily Mail
The Al Qaeda fanatic who murdered seven people in south west France died after being shot in the head in a vicious gunfire battle after police stormed his apartment following a 32-hour siege.
The Toulouse terrorist burst out of his flat's bathroom
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Currencies
Greeks Adopt Alternative Currencies as Economy Implodes
03-22-2012
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New American
Regular Greeks are increasingly taking matters into their own hands, creating informal underground barter markets and even alternative currencies. And the government is actually encouraging it.
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Reported by:
Chip Saunders
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Troops stressed to breaking point
03-22-2012
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Washington Times
A recent Army health report draws an alarming profile of a fighting force more prone to inexcusable violence amid an “epidemic” of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), the mental breakdown attracting speculation as a factor in a massacre of Afghan
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Gold and Silver
Bold, outright manipulation of the silver market evident for all to see
03-22-2012
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Zero Hedge
Catching The "Silver Crusher" Algorithm In The Act - it's like they're not even trying to hide it any more.
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Reported by:
Chip Saunders
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News Link • Humor
U.S. Citizen Resigns After Making Controversial Remark About Country
03-22-2012
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The Onion
Experts say that if Nellson had apologized sooner, it is likely he would have only had to suspend his citizenship for six months.
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Reported by:
Chip Saunders
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
IRS forms "SWAT team" for tax dodge crackdown
03-22-2012
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Reuters
He has since brought aboard specialists from Big Four audit firms KPMG and Ernst & Young, as well as law firm Mayer Brown and boutique consultancy Horst Frisch.
Maruca, who came from law firm Covington & Burling, is still recruiting.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Rutgers student says sorry to gay roommate's family
03-22-2012
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Reuters
"I'm never going to regret not taking the plea," Ravi said. "If I took the plea, I would have had to testify that I did what I did to intimidate Tyler and that would be a lie. I won't ever get up there and tell the world I hated Tyler because he was
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Surveillance
NYPD says Iran has conducted surveillance in NYC
03-22-2012
Authorities have interviewed at least 13 people since 2005 with ties to Iran's government who were seen taking pictures of New York City landmarks, a senior New York Police Department official said Wednesday.
Police consider these instances to be
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Powell Gammill
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Radio/TV Show • Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock - Radio
Host:
Ernest Hancock
03-22-12 -- Lt. Eric Shine - Jan Helfeld (MP3 & Video Loaded)
Lt Eric Shine returns to the show to talk about martial law and the U.S. Coast Guard's involvement in helping to create/carry this out - Jan Helfeld returns to talk about the Socratic Interviews and how/why he puts politicians in the hot seat.
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News Link • Eugenics
Killing babies no different from abortion, experts say
03-22-2012
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www.telegraph.co.uk
Parents should be allowed to have their newborn babies killed because they are “morally irrelevant” and ending their lives is no different to abortion, a group of medical ethicists linked to Oxford University has argued.
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Reported by:
Donna Hancock
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News Link • Eugenics
How Obama is reviving the evil of eugenics
03-22-2012
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www.bearingdrift.com
This week, a group of professors linked to Oxford University who are recognized as experts in the field of medical ethics published a paper called “After-birth abortion: why should the baby live?”
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Reported by:
Donna Hancock
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News Link • New World Order
Democide Mass-Murder and the New World Order
02-06-2012
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Paul Adam, J.D.
According to Professor R.J. Rummel of the University of Hawaii, Democide is the murder of any person or people by a government, including genocide, politicide, and mass murder. Democide does not include soldiers killed in battle. During the 20th Ce
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J. Michael Haggard
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News Link • Activism
Arrests Made As OWS Protesters, Police Clash In Union Square
03-22-2012
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http://manhattan.ny1.com, By: NY1 News
A tense night led to a chaotic morning in Union Square Park, where several Occupy Wall Street protesters were placed under arrest.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • States' Rights
Supreme Court: States can't be sued by workers for denying sick leave
03-22-2012
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http://www.azcentral.com, Washington Post
The Supreme Court divided along ideological lines Tuesday in ruling that states may not be sued by their employees for illegally denying them medical leave.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Political Parties
Pig freaks out after GOP candidate brings it to news conference
03-22-2012
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http://www.rawstory.com, By David Edwards
Former Rep. Mark Neumann (R-WI) has learned the hard way not to bring a pig to a news conference.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • World News
Eight people killed, five wounded in northwest Pakistan
03-22-2012
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http://www.presstv.ir
At least eight people including five militants have been killed and five others were injured in two separate incidents of violence in northwest Pakistan.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Afghanistan
General to offer pullout plan by year’s end
03-22-2012
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http://www.dispatch.com, By Missy Ryan and Susan
President Barack Obama’s top commander in Afghanistan will make recommendations about how quickly the United States should pull out of the war there late this year
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Iraq
Al-Qaeda claims responsibility for Iraq attacks
03-22-2012
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http://www.dailystar.com
Al-Qaeda’s front group in Iraq claimed responsibility Wednesday for a wave of attacks that killed 46 people across the country this week.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • United Nations
U.N. Security Council backs Kofi Annan's peace efforts in Syria
03-22-2012
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http://www.latimes.com, By Paul Richter and Patric
Speaking with an unusually unanimous voice on a divisive issue, the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday approved a statement supporting former Secretary-General Kofi Annan's peacemaking efforts in Syria and the delivery of aid for victims of
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Food
I stand with Farmers vs. Monsanto
03-22-2012
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http://action.fooddemocracynow.org
On January 31, 2012, 55 farmers and plaintiffs traveled to Manhattan to hear oral
arguments regarding Monsanto's motion to dismiss the lawsuit, Organic Seed Growers
and Trade Association (OSGATA) vs. Monsanto.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Obama Administration
Obama Volt
03-22-2012
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http://obamavolt2012.com
What better way to celebrate the massive success of the Chevy Volt than by having this beautiful piece of machinery as President Obama’s running mate in 2012?
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Robert Lee
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News Link • MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
Kony Filmmaker Suffered From "Reactive Psychosis," Family Says
03-22-2012
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http://slatest.slate.com, By Josh Voorhees
The statement echoes supporters previous explanation for his apparent breakdown last week.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Obama Administration
U.S. Warns North Korea Over Planned Rocket Launch
03-22-2012
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http://slatest.slate.com, By Ankita Rao
State Dept. threatens to cancel planned food aid if the reclusive nation doesn't back down.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
New Treatment for Dental Pain
03-22-2012
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arclein
"During the time I have spent with the Keshwa Lamas I’ve learnt all about the different plants and leaves they use for everyday illnesses and ailments. I first went to Peru as a young researcher hoping to learn more about what was a secretive commun
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robert klein
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News Link • Environment
Pollution Dispersion Pattern Prediction Advanced
03-22-2012
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arclein
For those involved in managing the fallout from environmental disasters like the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, it is essential to have tools that predict how the oil will move, so that they make the best possible use of resources to control the spill.
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robert klein
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News Link • History
The Swerve by Stephen Greenblatt
03-22-2012
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arclein
Lucretius created from these philosophical beliefs a poem in the same league as Dante'sDivine Comedy and Milton's Paradise Lost. De Rerum Natura contains passionate arguments against the fear of death, as well as some amazing descriptions.
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robert klein
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News Link • Energy
Scary Oil
03-22-2012
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arclein
Even the recent global recession, though triggered by a financial crisis, was exacerbated by spiking oil prices in 2008. With the barrel price reaching $145 in July of that year, oil-importing advanced economies and emerging markets alike faced a rec
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robert klein
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News Link • Afghanistan
Afghan Villagers Were Threatened by US Troops Ahead of Massacre
03-21-2012
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www.antiwar.com
Witnesses: Troops Lined Up All Men From Mokhoyan, Told Them They'd 'Pay'
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Iran
State Department exempts 11 countries from Iran sanctions
03-21-2012
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www.thecable.foreignpolicy.com
The State Department announced on Tuesday that it would exempt 10 European countries and Japan from penalties for doing business with Iran's central bank, because those countries are making significant progress toward weaning themselves off of Irania
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Donna Hancock
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Opinion • LOVE
The Brotherhood Of The Free
03-21-2012
Chuck Baldwin
The sad truth is, even in the vast majority of churches, brotherhood is virtually unknown. Sitting in a church congregation is no more indicative of brotherhood than sitting in a crowded football stadium.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Longest-Ever Fiber-Optic Link Will Run Through Thawing Arctic, Between UK and Japan
03-20-2012
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Rebecca Boyle via PopSci.com
Diminishing sea ice in the Arctic could be a boon for international trade " both for heavy ships using the Northwest Passage, and now for speedier telecommunications via new fiber-optic cables.
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Freedomsphoenix Reader 2
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News Link • Technology: Computer Hardware
Seagate demonstrates HAMR hard drive technology that promises 60 TB HDDs
03-20-2012
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http://www.gizmag.com, By Darren Quick
Despite solid state drives increasing in capacity in recent years, the humble platter-based 3.5-inch hard drive still reigns supreme as the data storage device to beat in terms of bits for your buck.
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