Monday, September 1, 2014

In the news, Monday, August 18, 2014


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AUG 17      INDEX      AUG 19
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Information from some sites may not be reliable, or may not be vetted.
Some sources may require subscription.

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from The Anglican Digest

[via afmclavier.wordpress.com]

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from BuzzFeed
[Information from this site may not be vetted.]

GOP Congressman: If Impeachment Happens, "President Has Chosen To Bring That Upon Himself"
Rep. Ted Yoho also reveals he raised impeachment with House leadership, who said no.

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from CNSNews.com (& MRC & NewsBusters)
from The D.C. Clothesline
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from EarthSky

The Trifid Nebula, or M20
The Trifid is a famous summertime binocular object. Its name means “divided into three lobes.” If you view this nebula through a telescope, you’ll see why.

Exploring the Trifid Nebula
It’s a stellar nursery, a cluster of young stars, a bright red emission nebula, a lovely blue reflection nebula, and an interesting dark nebula divided into three lobes.

Every star visible to unaided eye is within our Milky Way galaxy

The risk of an exploding glacier is heating up in Iceland
Icelandic Meteorology Office closely monitoring Bárðarbunga, a volcano more than 2,000 meters in elevation, located beneath the country’s largest glacier. Aviation code now orange.

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from East Oregonian

State sinks Morrow Pacific project
After eight delays and more than two years of review, the Oregon Department of State Lands denied issuing a key permit Monday to the developers of a proposed coal export terminal in Boardman. Australia-based Ambre Energy planned to ship 8.8 million tons of coal per year down the Columbia River and overseas to Asia from an enclosed terminal built at the Port of Morrow. The company applied in February 2012 for a “remove-fill” permit needed to begin construction on a dock as part of the facility. Ambre Energy has 21 days to file appeal.

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from The Federalist

How Community Organizing Busted A Union And Sparked An Education Revolution
Good teachers are the most important thing a school can give kids. Thanks to its conservative school board, this Colorado district is leading the nation in rethinking how to get them.

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from Forum for Middle East Understanding
(FFMU) (Shoebat.com)  [Information from this site may be questionable.]

The Muslim Brotherhood Declares “Turkey Is The Capital Of The Islamic Caliphate” (Prophecy Is Being Fulfilled)

The Glenn Beck Cult
Theodore Shoebat on the Glenn Beck cult, and how cults work in general

The Antichrist Nation Is Not ROME But TURKEY. Get Ready For The End Times.

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from Haaretz.com

Israel bars Amnesty, Human Rights Watch workers from Gaza
Human rights organizations prevented from conducting investigations into Israel-Hamas fighting.

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from The Heritage Foundation
from Huffington Post
[Information from this site may be unreliable.]

5 Things You Won't Believe Hurt Your Credit Score
1. Closing a Credit Card Account; 2. Applying For New Credit; 3. Renting a Car With a Debit Card; 4. Financing a Major Purchase; 5. Not Paying a Parking Ticket.

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from iFIBER ONE News (WA)

Republic Liberty Caucus of Washington endorses Didier

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from Money Talks News

Big-City Lodgings for $29 a Night
Savvy travelers know that hostels, not hotels, are the way to go. Sharing a room can be surprisingly comfortable – and you can’t beat the price.

Pay out of pocket for anything under $2,000 if you can afford it.

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from National Geographic

100,000 Elephants Killed by Poachers in Just Three Years, Landmark Analysis Finds
Central Africa has lost 64 percent of its elephants in a decade.

Study Sheds Light on Broadening U.S. Hunger Problem
In daily scramble for food, about 1 in 7 Americans now rely on local aid programs.

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from Nature News and Comment

High-risk brain research wins NSF backing
Agency awards $10.8 million in grants to support US government initiative.

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from Newsmax

Dershowitz: Perry Indictment 'What Happens in Totalitarian Societies'

Video Surfaces of Drunk DA Who Accuses Perry of Abusing Power

Ex-Navy SEAL: US Must Annihilate ISIS

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from New York Daily News

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from The New Yorker

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from New York Magazine


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from New York Times

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from Northwest Watchdog

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from NPR (& affiliates)

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from NWCN (ID-OR-WA)

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from The Oregonian

Oregon Department of State Lands denies Ambre Energy coal terminal permit
Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber in April urged its rejection, criticizing not only the project's climate change impacts but also its effects on protected tribal fishing areas and recreation on the Columbia River.

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from Pamela Geller (Atlas Shrugs)

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from Patheos
[Information from this site may be questionable.]

Funding Rape, Kidnapping, Beheading, and Genocide: Price Waterhouse Coopers Fined $25 M for Terrorist-State Money Laundering  [Catholic Channel]

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from PBS (& affiliates)

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*from Personal Liberty

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from Phys.org

This could be a classic win-win solution: A system proposed by researchers at MIT recycles materials from discarded car batteries—a potential source of lead pollution—into new, long-lasting solar panels that provide emissions-free power.

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from PJ Media

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from POLITICO

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from PoliticusUSA

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from PolitiFact

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from Popular Science

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from Press TV (Iran)

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from Q13Fox News (KCPQ Seattle)

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from Real Clear Politics

Ben Carson Challenges Al Sharpton To A Debate
DR. BEN CARSON: I had an opportunity to speak with Reverend Sharpton a couple months ago at the White House correspondents dinner. We said we want the same kind of things but we have didn't approaches to achieving them, what do you think about a public debate to talk about the various ways we can get this done? And he was initially enthusiastic about that. But the offer still stands. These are things that need to be discussed and we need to bring out in the open. What are the raw issues and how do we solve them? We will never do that if we remain in our separate corners and cast aspersions.

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from RedFlag News

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from RedState

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from Religion News Service
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from Reuters

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from The Right Scoop

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from Right Wing News

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from RT (Russia Today)
(Russian government-supported propaganda channel)

Not kosher: Supermarket removes Jewish food amid anti-Israel protests

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from Salon
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

Rick Perry’s indictment is bad for Democrats: A Texas perspective
From a shoddy charge to an awful martyr -- and its effect on 2016 -- here's why the left should hope this goes away.

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from Science

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from Science-Based Medicine

from ScienceBlogs.com

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from ScienceDaily

Smoking during pregnancy may affect grandchildren's growth
Smoking during pregnancy has discernible effects on the growth of a woman's future grandkids, a new study shows. The "likely transgenerational effects from the grandmothers' smoking in pregnancy need to be taken into account in future studies of the effects of maternal smoking on child growth and development. If replicated, such studies could be a useful model for the molecular analysis of human transgenerational responses," said the senior author.

Recycling old car batteries into solar cells: Environmental twofer could recycle lead batteries to make solar cells
This could be a classic win-win solution: A system proposed by researchers recycles materials from discarded car batteries -- a potential source of lead pollution -- into new, long-lasting solar panels that provide emissions-free power.

Pigs' hearts transplanted into baboon hosts remain viable more than a year
Investigators have successfully transplanted hearts from genetically engineered piglets into baboons' abdomens and had the hearts survive for more than one year, twice as long as previously reported. This was achieved by using genetically engineered porcine donors and a more focused immunosuppression regimen in the baboon recipients, according to a new study.

More than just X and Y: New genetic basis for sex determination
Men and women differ in obvious ways, and scientists have long known that genetic differences buried deep within our DNA underlie these distinctions. In the past, most research has focused on understanding how the genes that encode proteins act as sex determinants. But scientists have found that a subset of very small genes encoding short RNA molecules, called microRNAs, also play a key role in differentiating male and female tissues in the fruit fly.

Zombie ant fungi manipulate hosts to die on the 'doorstep' of the colony
A parasitic fungus that must kill its ant hosts outside their nest to reproduce and transmit their infection, manipulates its victims to die in the vicinity of the colony, ensuring a constant supply of potential new hosts, according to researchers. The fungus grows a stalk, called the stroma, which protrudes from the ant cadaver. A large round structure, known as the ascoma, forms on the stroma. Infectious spores then develop in the ascoma and are discharged onto the forest floor below, where they can infect foraging ants from the colony.

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from Skeptoid Podcast

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from Slate
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

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from Slate's The Vault Blog

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from Space.com (& CollectSpace)

Curiosity Rover on Mars Stalled by 'Hidden Valley' Sand Trap

Space Telescopes Reveal New Clues in Star's Supernova Death  (Video)  "While it may sound a bit odd, we actually learned a great deal about this supernova by detecting absolutely nothing."

Amazing Photos from Space Show Fiery Doom of Private US Cargo Ship

Wanted: Unmanned Space Plane to Fly On the Cheap

Space Plane Tech Could Power Hypersonic Aircraft for US Military

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*from The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA)

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from The Star (Grand Coulee, WA)

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*from Talking Points Memo

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from ThatsNonsense.com

This woman created a great way to make her teenage kids contact her  Sharon Standifird created a mobile app that disables her teenage kids phones if they do not respond to her in a timely manner when they’re out and about.

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from Think Progress

from The Times of Israel

UK supermarket removes kosher food, fearing protesters
Sainsbury’s branch manager explains move was temporary, but many express outrage at acquiescence to threats

UK supermarket apologizes for removing kosher food
Sainsbury’s says products were placed in back of store as a ‘precautionary measure’ during a pro-Palestinian demonstration

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from Townhall.com

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from TPNN (Tea Party News Network)

NY Times Reporter Facing Jail Sentence Warns of Obama’s Tyranny (and We Should Listen)

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*from United Liberty

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from USA Today

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from The Wall Street Journal

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from The Washington Examiner (DC)

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from The Washington Free Beacon (DC)

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from The Washington Post (DC)

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from The Washington Times (DC)
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from The Week

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from The Weekly Standard

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from The Wenatchee World (WA)

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from The Western Center for Journalism
(Western Journalism)

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from WIRED

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from 12Tribe Films Foundation

ISIS and Radical Islam must be stopped!
Yezidi Exodus Continues, Girls Raped by ISIS Jump to their Death Mount Shingal

A Store Manager Attempts To Justify Removing ALL Kosher Food From Store… AND IT’S RECORDED!

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from 100 Percent FED Up



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