A college student from Saudi Arabia accused of buying chemicals online as part of a plan to blow up key US targets, including the home of former President George W. Bush, appeared in federal court in Texas on Friday. (Feb. 25)
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All images credit AndCo Studies have shown that multifamily housing in transit oriented neighbourhoods is the most energy efficient , and that more young people want apartments, not houses. But with most apartments and condos are WYSIWYG; they are inflexible and hard-wired to resist changes. But people’s needs do change. That’s what is so interesting about the creatively named
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I can almost forgive the music industry for pushing the musical stylings of Ke$ha down our throats for the past year …all because of this video. :sidenote: I will never forgive the idiot that suggested she spell her name with a dollar sign because it’s incredibly annoying to type her name that way. Moving on. Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Hollywood Backwash Discovery Date : 25/02/2011 20:14 Number of articles : 5
Continue reading …How Dry Can Our Climate Get? Africa’s Lake Victoria Dried Up… 17,000 Years Ago
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Lake Victoria, photo: Marc Veraart / Creative Commons Take this next one as a sign of how dry the climate has gotten and could get , not a specific prediction, projection or anything like that: New research published in Science shows how dry things got in a massive mega… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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The president of Carolina Biological Supply describes their actions after a suspicious order was placed with them. The client was later arrested, accused of plotting to blow up key US targets. (Feb. 25)
Continue reading …The Farrelly brothers’ new film, Hall Pass , tells the story of two men given a week off from marriage. Don’t expect any surprises: “The Farrellys are exploring nominally adult realms, like marital fatigue and cheating, but too often these apparent good intentions get the best of them and their timing,…
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Click here to view this media Yes, because every state needs its own official state gun, right? Do you know your state bird, state motto, state tree? Well, if you’re in Arizona, you’d better brush up and add that state gun to the top of the list. LA Times : Legislators in the Grand Canyon State currently aim to name the Colt Single Action Army Revolver as Arizona’s official state gun, allegedly in memory of its 19th-century frontier days. And what a meaningful honor that would be, right? Now, when some little item like this pops up in the news to break the hopelessly depressing monotony of faraway really important events, a cynic could suspect that…. …a lobbyist for some gunmaker was behind the stunt. And that cynic would be right on target, bull’s-eye, dead center. “Arizona was founded by rugged individuals,” says Todd Rathner, who does helpful political things for the benefit of a certain gunmaker who patented the revolver mechanism back in 1836, old Andrew Jackson’s day. “They took care of themselves and did so largely with a Colt Single Action Army Revolver on their hip.” But where are the jobs?
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Demonstrators gather outside Bahrain embassy to show unity with those in the Middle East campaigning for greater freedoms Richard Sprenger
Continue reading …The rebels are closing in and other nations are seeking sanctions against Libya, but Moammar Gadhafi has no plans to step down. The Libyan leader addressed supporters in Tripoli’s Green Square today, urging them to put the rebels “to shame” and insisting, “We can triumph over the enemies,” Reuters reports….
Continue reading …One crucial voice has yet to be heard from amid this Arab revolution, observes Jackson Diehl in Washington Post —Saudi Arabia. King Abdullah’s regime is clearly nervous about the unrest, especially in next-door Bahrain, which also has a majority Shiite population that lives under Sunni rule. Abdullah will soon have…
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