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‘Blood Oath’ Sealed Stanford Deal, Court Is Told - NYTimes.com [via claudio]
The ceremony between R. Allen Stanford and Leroy King, the chief regulator of his Antigua bank, promoted a scheme to hide a multibillion-dollar fraud, according to court papers.
Sheep Grazing A "Best Practice" For Maintaining Ground-Level Solar Arrays : TreeHugger
Sheep grazing amidst a solar panel array. Image credit:JMP.blog Grazing sheep are a practical means of controlling weeds and grasses that otherwise would block the sun from ground-level solar arrays. The practice, begun in Europe, may well become a
California Garage Sale: State Holds Giant Garage Sale To Raise Funds
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Bargain-hunters snatched up watches confiscated from criminals, surplus prison shirts and antique pianos salvaged from parks on the first day of a statewide garage sale to scrape together cash for California. The two-day sale kicked off Friday at a Sacramento warehouse, with hundreds lining up for deals on cars, computers and collectibles.
Crows Are Brilliant. Especially When They Make Their Own Tools (Video) : TreeHugger
Photo via SqueakyMarmot Crows are one of my most favorite animals, in no small part because they're completely underestimated. Oh sure parrots get all the attention for their braininess, plus they have that whole longevity and lovely plumage going
Some Buildings Not Living Up to Green Label - NYTimes.com
Builders covet a green certification, but many buildings do not save as much energy as their designs predicted.
Novelties - A Tiny Monitor With a Huge Task - Tracking Cancer - NYTimes.com
Developed by a team at M.I.T., an implantable device may one day be used to track cancer growth in humans.
Economic View - An Echo Chamber of Boom and Bust - NYTimes.com
How a worldwide “social epidemic” of ideas is supporting renewed confidence in the economy.
Findings - Guilt and Atonement on the Path to Adulthood - NYTimes.com
Mom was right. That “sinking feeling in the tummy” helps after all, researchers concluded.
Men at Work - Mike Judge Finds Humor in Missteps - NYTimes.com
Mike Judge, a labor theorist, returns to the workplace, but this time it is the boss who is the object of sympathy.
YouTube - Extract Trailer (2009)
Plot:Joel, the owner of an Extract plant, tries to contend with myriad personal and professional problems, such as his potentially unfaithful wife and employ...
Breathalyzer test detects lung cancer: study
Scientists in Israel have devised a portable breath tester that detects lung cancer with 86 percent accuracy, according to a study released Sunday.
Climate trouble may be bubbling up in far north
(AP) -- Only a squawk from a sandhill crane broke the Arctic silence - and a low gurgle of bubbles, a watery whisper of trouble repeated in countless spots around the polar world.
Tick saliva could hold cancer cure: Brazilian scientists
It may be one of nature's repulsive little blood-sucking parasites, but the humble tick could yield a future cure for cancers of the skin, liver and pancreas, Brazilian researchers have discovered.
Flickr Photo Download: kennedys
Flickr is almost certainly the best online photo management and sharing application in the world. Show off your favorite photos and videos to the world, securely and privately show content to your friends and family, or blog the photos and videos you take with a cameraphone.
New Architecture of Phase Change
Daily Herald | Wind farms can appear sinister to the weatherman
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Revealed: picture of a Victorian medical miracle - Science, News - The Independent
For 30 years, the old black-and-white portrait of a handsome man holding a metal stake had stood in anonymity in the photographic display case of Jack and Beverly Wilgus, a Massachusetts couple who had built up a small library of old daguerreotypes in their spare time.
YouTube - Former Ku Klux Klan leader Johnny Lee Clary
Former Ku Klux Klan leader Johnny Lee Clary on moving from hate to tolerance - Enough Rope
Portions Of Iraq Drying Up Completely : TreeHugger
Image credit:USA Today, Iraq lashed by sandstorms and battling drought Certainly the headline is a bit of hyperbole; but, the underlying point should not be lost. The human impact of climate change, combined with the demands of a burgeoning
YouTube - Buffalo - Shylock (Volcanic Rock)
classic Autralian hard rock music from a classic 70s band
Blowpipes thwart Borneo’s biofuel kings - Times Online
HUNDREDS of Borneo tribes men armed with blowpipes are blockading roads in
protest against companies they accuse of destroying their rainforests to
grow oil palms for “green” biofuel, cooking oil, soap and margarine.
Roads are ruining the rainforests - opinion - 30 August 2009 - New Scientist
There's only one sure way to save vanishing tropical forests – stop slicing into them with highways of destruction, says biologist William Laurance
Mobile phone towers a threat to honey bees: study
The electromagnetic waves emitted by mobile phone towers and cellphones can pose a threat to honey bees, a study published in India has concluded.
Hydroponic Ferris Wheel Optimizes Growth: The OmegaGarden (Video) : TreeHugger
Image Credit: OmegaGarden When I wrote about marijuana as a possible gateway to farming, I noted that much of the hydroponic supply market seems to be marketed toward, shall we say, recreational growers of certain herbs - and often
Essay - Finding a Scapegoat When Epidemics Strike - NYTimes.com
In every pandemic, the chain of causation is intricate.
No Mochaccinos, No Problem for Marines of Echo Company | Danger Room | Wired.com
MIANPOSHTEH, Afghanistan -- By any rational measure, the Marines of Echo company should be miserable. During the day, they trudge through the mud until they
Depression's Evolutionary Roots: Scientific American
Two scientists suggest that depression is not a malfunction, but a mental adaptation that brings certain cognitive advantages
Gittes,
ReplyDeleteI am off to my Potemkin Village duties today.
claudio
Gittes,
ReplyDeleteHere it is, the blog-linked article entitled,
“Tick saliva could hold cancer cure:
Brazilian scientists”
I had sent the link to a fellow Club Clair member.
Here is the original email exchange,
“G,
Here is one more reason why we must strive to protect all species of life on Earth.
http://www.physorg.com/news170661506.html
claudio”
the reply,
“Fantastic. It reminds of the movie Medicine Man with Sean Connery. He finds the cure for cancer accidentally but then can’t duplicate his findings. He thinks the source of the cure was a flower that grows high in the rainforest canopy, but eventually he discovers it was not the flower, but the ants who live on the flower.
G.”
You see, your good work (research, blog postings) ripples outward, touching many individuals in succession.
Thanks.
claudio