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Date Sent: 2013-05-20
Freedom's Phoenix PM Edition for Monday, May 20, 2013 |
Planting Drugs on Adam Kokesh?? -- Gun control: Cartridge ID law to take effect
Senators require fingerprinting at 30 airports -- Denver Cops Arrest Italian Shotgun Manufacturer as a Terrorist --
Free Adam Kokesh Call Flood - 8:00am until 5:00pm in EDT Monday, May
20, 2013 -- Hypersonic Weapons Could Hit Battlefield by 2025 -- Green
Acre Aquaponics Introduces a Revolutionary Approach to Farm Education -- Teen Invents Supercharger Ten Times More Powerful Than Conventional Batteries --
Genetics Have Little Influence Over Health: Top Stem Cell Biologist
Asserts -- Should anyone be taxed over 100% of income? Happened to some
in France for tax year 2011 -- America: A Modern-Day Sparta --
Guantanamo Force-Feeding Constitutes Torture -- The IRS’s Job Is To Violate Our Liberties - by Ron Paul
AZ: Worldwide ‘March Against Monsanto’ Protests Planned for May
25th
AZ: Fundraiser raffle for Steve Porak's Cancer Treatment -
36" Ferret .50 BMG on an Olympic AR-15 Lower Receiver
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News Link • Gun Rights
Gun control: Cartridge ID law to take effect
05-20-2013
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Bob Egelko
A hotly contested gun-control law that was passed in 2007 is finally ready to be implemented, Attorney General Kamala Harris said Friday: a requirement that every new semiautomatic handgun contain "micro-stamping" technology that would allow poli
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Thomas Costanzo
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News Link • How to Help
Fundraiser for Steve Porak's Cancer Treatment - 36" Ferret .50 BMG on Olympic AR-15 Lower
05-16-2013
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StevePorak.Com
Donate $20.00 per ticket towards the drawing to win this 36" Ferret .50 BMG on an Olympic AR-15 Lower with a 30mm Tasco Scope and a .50 cal Ammo can full of ammo to support Steve Porak's Cancer Treatment! (100 TICKETS LEFT)
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Immigration
Senators require fingerprinting at 30 airports
05-20-2013
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AP
Foreigners leaving the country through any of the nation’s 30 busiest airports would undergo mandatory fingerprinting under an amendment senators added Monday to a sweeping immigration bill.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Gun Rights
Denver Cops Arrest Italian Shotgun Manufacturer as a Terrorist
05-20-2013
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Kurt Nimmo
Daniele Perazzi was arrested on Saturday after a cab driver turned him into police as a terrorist.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - International
How Ontario Plans to Become the World’s Top Technology Hub
05-20-2013
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arclein
Ontario is home to about 40 percent of Canada’s population and accounts for 48 percent of Canada’s gross domestic product. It’s the fourth-largest population center in North America, after Mexico City, New York, and Los Angeles, and it produces more
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robert klein
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News Link • Science
Cellular Garbage Disposal Delays Aging
05-20-2013
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arclein
The gene, called parkin, serves at least two vital functions: It marks damaged proteins so that cells can discard them before they become toxic, and it is believed to play a key role in the removal of damaged mitochondria from cells.
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robert klein
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News Link • Archaeology
Justinian Plague Cause Confirmed
05-20-2013
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arclein
From the several pandemics generally called 'pestilences' three are historically recognized as due to plague, but only for the third pandemic of the 19th-21st centuries AD there were microbiological evidences that the causing agent was the bacteriu
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robert klein
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Breaking up the Banks
05-20-2013
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arclein
hey also betray a frightening naivete regarding corporate governance. The theory is that higher capital requirements, for example, will lower banks’ profits, which will upset shareholders, who will eventually force the board of directors to eventuall
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robert klein
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News Link • Activism
Planting Drugs on Adam Kokesh??
05-20-2013
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www.youtube.com
While he was being detained, another man (possibly an undercover) attempted to plant drugs on Adam Kokesh as seen in the video. Multiple angles reveal the operation in action. What do you think?
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Activism
Free Adam Kokesh Call Flood - 8:00am until 5:00pm in EDT Monday, May 20, 2013
05-20-2013
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Facebook
Please pick up your phone for Adam, call and politely but firmly demand his immediate and unconditional release.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Gun Rights
‘Smart Rifle’ Guarantees 100% Long Range Accuracy, Begins Shipping To Gun Owners This Week
05/20/2013
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The Liberty Crier
A Texas startup has developed a “smart rifle” that barely needs to be aimed.
The maker of the gun, being shipped to stores this week, brags that “even a novice shooter can become an elite long-range marksman in minutes.”
The company, TrackingP
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Ronald Bogner
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News Link • Energy
Fake Forest Converts Sunlight into Chemical Energy
05-20-2013
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technewsdaily.com
One hour of global sunlight contains enough energy to meet the demands of every human on the planet for an entire year.
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News Link • 3D Printing
Type A Machines previews aluminum-framed Series 1 Pro 3D printer
05-20-2013
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http://www.engadget.com, By Brian Heater
If you've navigated through the endless sea of 3D printers at this weekend's Maker Faire, you may well have caught a glimpse of the Series 1 Pro, the latest offering from San Francisco-based Type A Machines.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Outdoor Survival
Wilderness Survival: Visiting a Modern-Day Medicine Man
05-20-2013
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http://survival.outdoorlife.com, by Tim MacWelch
Last week, I had the pleasure of being a guest in the home of a truly fascinating person and a master at his craft. Rod Morey is a locally renowned herbalist and knife maker in the Virginia panhandle, and he was gracious enough to spend a day with me
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Outdoor Survival
Survival Skills: How to Build a Fish Funnel Trap
05-20-2013
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http://survival.outdoorlife.com, by Tim MacWelch
Fish traps may be as old as fishing itself, and can prove vital during a survival situation.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Agriculture
Green Acre Aquaponics Introduces a Revolutionary Approach to Farm Education
05-20-2013
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http://www.digitaljournal.com,
Farming methods have changed many times since man planted the first seed in the ground 10,000 years ago.
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Robert Lee
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Radio/TV Show • Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock - Radio
Host:
Ernest Hancock
05-20-13 -- TODAY'S SHOW IS A RE-RUN - (MP3/VIDEO LOADED)
Drew Phillips (WhatIsThisCoinWorth.Info and BitcoinNotBombs.Com) and Davi Barker (MuslimAgorist.Com) report from the Bitcoin Conference in San Jose, CA - Yinka Ogundare (SolarWerks) on this renewable energy source - Bob Anderson
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News Link • Energy
Advanced Conversion: Maximising the Potential for Energy from Waste
05-20-2013
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http://www.renewableenergyfocus.com,
There are many EfW processes, but most commonly waste passes through combustion chambers at high temperatures, reducing it to around 25% of its original volume.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Climate Change
Zimbabwe: No More Non-Radical Option for Emissions
05-20-2013
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http://allafrica.com
ATMOSPHERIC concentrations of carbon dioxide have broken the 400 parts per million level at several stations of the World Meteorological Organisation across the world, heightening the need for radical action to arrest emissions growth and limit clima
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Inventions
Teen Invents Supercharger Ten Times More Powerful Than Conventional Batteries
05-20-2013
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http://www.natureworldnews.com, By Isabel Alface
In all, she is just a teenage, but unlikely most teens, Esha Khare, a 12th grade student of Lynbrook High School in San Jose, California, can boast having captured not only one of the top prizes at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair
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Robert Lee
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News Link • 3D Printing
Company focuses on green 3D printing
05-20-2013
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http://www.dvice.com, Travis Andrews
3D printing really is nothing short of amazing. It’d be hard to find anyone, aside from Big Printing, who would find fault with it.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Healthcare
Let Food Be Your Cosmetic: Coconut Oil Outperforms Dangerous Petroleum Body Care Products
05-20-2013
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http://wakeup-world.com, By Sayer Ji
What you put on your skin goes directly into your body.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Genetics Have Little Influence Over Health: Top Stem Cell Biologist Asserts
05-20-2013
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http://wakeup-world.com, By Carolanne Wright
Bruce Lipton believes 98% of all illness is environmental, while a mere 2% of disease can be traced to genetic disposition.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Philosophy: Liberalism
Should anyone be taxed over 100% of income? Happened to some in France for tax year 2011
05-20-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Vive le France? Well, one of the reasons there is less “vive” in France these days is because of asinine policies such as the one imposed by France’s current Socialist government which is highlighted below.
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
The IRS’s Job Is To Violate Our Liberties - by Ron Paul
05-19-2013
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Ron Paul's Texas Straight Talk
“What do you expect when you target the President?” This is what an IRS agent allegedly said to the head of a conservative organization that was being audited after calling for the impeachment of then-President Clinton.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Gun Rights
2nd Amendment Activist James Kaleda Ejected from Gun Control Hearing
05-19-2013
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youtube (h/t Lew Rockwell blog)
Second Amendment activist, James Kaleda, was forcefully removed from a hearing on a new gun control bill in NJ during his testimony. Notice the legislators laugh as they have their armed security remove Kaleda before he finishes
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Government
5 Monkeys
07-12-2010
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youtube (h/t John Stuart)
Start with a cage containing 5 monkeys.... this story illustrates how human society keeps doing the same things over and over again because - "that's the way....
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News Link • Government
Class of 2013: The Most Indebted Ever
05-18-2013
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zerohedge.com
70% of graduates had at least some debt according to the latest poll from Fidelity Investments but as the Wall Street Journal reports the average student-loan debt for a borrower who received a bachelor's degree in 2013 is $30,000 - an all-time recor
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Healthcare Industry
IRS Official In Charge During Tea Party Targeting Now Runs Health Care Office
05-18-2013
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zerohedge.com
I’d like to say that the following is unbelievable, but it’s not. Unfortunately, it is all too believable.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Military
U.S. Military ‘Power Grab’ Goes Into Effect
05-18-2013
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http://lewrockwell.com, by Jed Morey
Pentagon Unilaterally Grants Itself Authority Over ‘Civil Disturbances’
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Gun Rights
Evidence for Confiscation: 5 Examples That Show the Threat Is Real
05-18-2013
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http://lewrockwell.com, by S.H. Blannelberry
Gun control activists do not want to confiscate our guns.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Police State
370. The Police State
05-18-2013
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http://www.lewrockwell.com,
Brian Wilson talks to Lew Rockwell about the Boston bombing, the IRS, and Ron Paul.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
State Drops Charges Against High School Student Arrested For Science Experiment
05-18-2013
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http://www.popsci.com,
Florida state attorneys have decided not to file felony charges against a 16-year-old whose science experiment was actually not boring.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Homeland Security
Financial Privacy Under Fire: DHS Freezes Bitcoin Money Transfers
05-18-2013
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http://www.shtfplan.com, Mac Slavo
Financial privacy free of government intrusion and interference is dead.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Philosophy: Political
Rand Paul: I’m Not A Libertarian "
05-18-2013
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http://libertycrier.com,
Earlier this spring, Sen. Rand Paul and his wife, Kelley, invited a crew from the Christian Broadcasting Network into their Kentucky home for what turned into two full days of reality TV.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Healthcare
IRS SUED FOR ALLEGEDLY SEIZING MEDICAL RECORDS OF 60 MILLION AMERICANS
05-18-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
The Obama Administration is wasting no time in seizing the medical records of Americans from insurance companies. The bigger question is: Why is the IRS descending upon health insurance companies with search warrants? Breitbart reports:
An unnam
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Military
US Suspends Constitution in Permanent World War on Terror (with video)
05-18-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Assistant Secretary of Defense Michael Sheehan told Congress yesterday that the AUMF authorized the US military to operate on a worldwide battlefield from Boston to Pakistan. Sheehan emphasized that the Administration is authorized to put boots on t
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Politics
Rep. Mike Kelly Rips IRS Chief A New One, Gets Standing O From Gallery
05-18-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Appearing before the House Weighs and Means Committee today, exiting IRS chief Steven Miller couldn’t do much more than just squirm in his chair as Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pa vented the frustrations felt by millions of Americans.
Miller was immediately
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Chris Menke
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
IRS Handed Out Nearly 100 Million In Bonuses Since 2009
05-18-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
There is a new report by the Washington Examiner claiming IRS Director of Exempt Organizations Lois Lerner took home tens of thousands of dollars in bonuses, and she is not alone. Nearly $100 million went toward agency bonuses since 2009 during the p
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Foreign Policy
US tax dollars promote GM crops overseas
05-18-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
U.S. taxpayers are footing the bill for overseas lobbying that promotes controversial biotech crops developed by U.S.-based Monsanto Co and other seed makers, a report issued on Tuesday said.
A review of 926 diplomatic cables of correspondence to
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Energy
New “Artificial Leaf” Concept Could Blow Up Fuel Cell Market
05-18-2013
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http://cleantechnica.com, Tina Casey
The idea of an “artificial leaf” sounds simple enough: Take a small, cheap, light-collecting device the size of a typical leaf, dunk it in a quart of water, and use solar energy to generate enough hydrogen gas for powering a small fuel cell.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • 3D Printing
Haptic Technology Lets You "Touch" Virtual Objects
05-18-2013
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livescience.com
Haptic technology like the Sensable Phantom makes manipulating 3D digital objects intuitive and responsive, allowing for a range of uses including prototyping, surgery practice, virtual sculpting, and interactive museum displays.
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News Link • Food
Pam Warhurst: How we can eat our landscapes
05-18-2013
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ted.com
What should a community do with its unused land? Plant food, of course. With energy and humor, Pam Warhurst tells at the TEDSalon the story of how she and a growing team of volunteers came together to turn plots of unused land into communal vegetable
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
How Electric Spacecraft Could Fly NASA to Mars
05-18-2013
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http://www.space.com, by Clara Moskowitz
Electric vehicles aren't just popular on the ground " it turns out they're all the rage in space these days, too.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Self-driving car technology takes top prize at Intel science fair
05-18-2013
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sciencerecorder.com
In 2013, approximately 1,600 young high school scientists from more than 70 countries were selected to compete in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.
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News Link • Archaeology
Fabled Lost City Discovered in Honduras
05-18-2013
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arclein
The same appears to have been true of the Amazon rain forest, where extensive ruins suggesting the presence of an advanced civilization have been located. Infertile jungle soils throughout the region have been extensively altered by ancient human enr
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Private Space Plane Arrives in California for Key Flight Tests
05-18-2013
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space.com
A private space plane has arrived at a NASA facility in California to undergo tests that will help vet its ability to ferry astronauts to and from the International Space Station.
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