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Life - Week of 7.25.10

Why Praising Children For Their Intelligence Doesn’t Work
Undernews (26 July 10)

Storms Hammer Midwest With Floods, Tornadoes
Los Angeles Times (25 July 10)

Alberto Contador Seals Third Tour de France Victory
BBC Sports (25 July 10)

Tasered In 23 Seconds - Ridiculous!!!!
YouTube (19 July 10)

Life - Week of 7.18.10

Woman in 911 Call Says She Strangled Her Autistic Children
CNN.com (22 July 10)

Hundreds of Dead Penguins Dot Brazil’s Beaches
Yahoo News (22 July 10)

As NYC Area Spreads, So Do Bears; NJ Hunt Approved
The Associated Press (21 July 10)

Free Planet - ebook now available - For Free
Free Planet (07 July 10)


An Adaptation of Plato’s Allegory in Clay

What They’re Doing After Harvard
The Wall Street Journal (10 July 10)

Shorewood Police Arrest Teen Suspected of Stealing Chicken Nuggets
FOX6now.com (20 July 10)

106-Year-Old Woman Becomes U.S. Citizen
NBC Chicago (19 July 10)

Sex on TV Is About to Get Sexier
The Atlantic (17 July 10)

Illegal Logging of Tropical Rainforests Down By Up To 75%
Guardian.co.uk (15 July 10)

Small Earthquake Shakes Washington D.C. Area
CBS News.com (16 July 10)

Life - Week of 7.11.10

10 Ways Our World is Becoming More Shareable
Your Olive Branch (25 June 10)

Life - Week of 7.4.10

The Keys to Unlocking Your Most Successful Career
The Wall Street Journal (6 July 10)

The First Thing Young Women Do in the Morning: Check Facebook
mashable.com (7 July 10)

I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Sign Here
Yahoo Finance (6 July 10)

Three Gallons of Oily Water Collected Today, as Oil Hits Louisiana’s Lake Pontchatrain
ABC News (6 July 10)

Divorce is Contagious: Why There is a 75% Chance Your Marriage Will Fail if Your Friends Split
Mail Online (5 July 10)

The Great Rupture
The New York Times (2 July 10)


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Money & Markets - Week of 6.27.10

Lloyd’s Curbs Cover For Iran Petroleum Shipments
Reuters (2 July 10)

Economic Data Out Today Suggest Economic Recovery Cannot Continue Without Government Help
The Washington Post (1July 10)

CEBM Warns China Exports And Imports To Decelerate In Q3 And Onward
Zero Hedge (1 July 10)

Howard Davidowitz: U.S. Economy “Is a Complete Disaster”
Yahoo Finance (1 July 10)

China Manufacturing Slows Again Amid Growth Concern
Bloomberg (1 July 10)

China Provinces Raise Minimum Wages to Curb Disputes
Bloomberg BussinessWeek (1 July 10) (1 July 10)

Western Oil Firms Stop Business With Iran
TradeArabia (29 June 10)

BP Potentially More Devastating than Lehman!
Sultans of Swap (July 2010)

Do Hungry People Take Bigger Financial Risks?
Yahoo Finance (29 June 10)

Inter-bank Lending Rates Hit New High
MailOnline (30 June 10)

Warning Signals Of A Double-dip Recession Flash Brightly Across The World
Telegraph.co.uk (29 June 10)

‘Potential Error’ Delays GDP Data
BBC News (29 June 10)

Drunk Trader Banned For Buying 7m Barrels of Oil After Binge
Guardian.co.uk (29 June 10)

The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index® Drops Sharply
The Conference Board (29 June 10)

The Tortoise vs. the Hares
Yahoo Finance (29 June 10)

Drop Dollar as Reserve Currency, U.N. Report Says
GATA (29 June 10)

Japan Jobless Rate Unexpectedly Rises, Spending Drops
Bloomberg (29 June 10)

Central Banks Should Weigh Ending Stimulus to Avoid Side Effects, BIS Says
Bloomberg (28 June 10)

Winfrey’s $315 Million Tops Forbes Celebrity Income Rankings
Bloomberg (28 June 10)

Central Banks Warn of New Crisis if Exit Left Too Late
Reuters 28 June 10)

Air China to Buy 20 Boeing Planes For $1.4 Billion
Reuters (28 June 10)

Frustrated by Boycott, Station Owners Want BP Help
Yahoo News (27 June 10)

The Third Depression
The New York Times (27 June 10)

Gulf Oil Spill? You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet
GlobalPost (24 June 10)

Wall Street Hiring Jumps Most Since 2008 as Guarantees Return
Bloomberg (27 June 10)

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard: RBS Expects ‘Monster’ Money Printing by Fed
GATA (28 June 10)

Europe’s Fiscal Dystopia: The “New Austerity” Road
Information Clearing House (27 June 10)

Goldman Sachs Will Repurchase Securities Held by Montana Residents
Great Falls Tribune (26 June 10)

Life - Week of 6.27.10

Group to Show Car That Can Be Driven By The Blind
Yahoo News (2 July 10)

Ryanair to Sell £5 Tickets For Standing-room Only Flights
Telegraph.co.uk (2 July 10)

Caroline Cartwright to Face Prison for Loud Sex?
Crimesider - CBS News (29 June 10)

Don’t Mention The Mockingbird! The Reclusive Novelist Who Wrote The Classic Novel That Mesmerised 40 Million Readers
Mail Online (27 June 10)

Larry King to Hang Up His Suspenders After 25 Years
abcNews (29 June 10)

Hulu Offers a $9.99 Subscription to Full Seasons of Current TV Shows
The New York Times (29 June 10)

US Rap Star Eminem Hits Top Spot on UK Album Chart
BBC News (27 June 10)

Boycott BP Facebook Page Deleted: Bookies Back Down Too
Gambling911 (June 2010)


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Methane In Gulf Astonishingly High

As much as 1 million times the normal level of methane gas has been found in some regions near the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, enough to potentially deplete oxygen and create a dead zone, U.S. scientists said on Tuesday.

Texas A&M University oceanography professor John Kessler, just back from a 10-day research expedition near the BP Plc oil spill in the gulf, says methane gas levels in some areas are “astonishingly high.”

Kessler’s crew took measurements of both surface and deep water within a 5-mile (8 kilometer) radius of BP’s broken wellhead.

“There is an incredible amount of methane in there,” Kessler told reporters in a telephone briefing.

Continue reading Methane In Gulf Astonishingly High: U.S. Scientist

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Gasoline Prices Up As July 4th Holiday Approaches
Yahoo Finance (24 June 10)

Methane Earth
World Oxygen Bank

Life - Week of 6.20.10

‘I Hate My Room,’ The Traveler Tweeted. Ka-Boom! An Upgrade!
The Wall Street Journal (24 June 10)

Life - Week of 6.6.10

157-year Old Woman ‘Discovered’ in Indonesia
EiTB News (7 June 10)

Sudden Sinkhole Outbreak Raises Fear in China
The Epoch Times (7 June 10)

Dramatic CCTV Footage Shows Moment Haiti Quake Hit Palace
BBC News (9 June 10)

The Power of Focusing
An Audio by Ann Weiser Cornell

Watching Whales Watching Us
The New York Times (8 June 10)

Black Flight Hits Detroit
The Wall Street Journal (5 June 10)

An Eye-opening Synchronicity
Awaken In The Dream


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The Price of Saving Fuel
Kiplinger (July 2010)

First Look: It Takes a Child to Raise a Village
Outside Innovation (20 May 10)

Radio Ghost Mystery at Former RAF Station
STV News (4 June 10)


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Aussie Dogs Enjoy ‘Canine Concert’ at Sydney Opera House
BC News (5 June 10)

Life - Week of 5.30.10

“This, Then, is How You Should Pray:”
The Nazarene Way

The Really Creepy People Behind the Libertarian-Inspired Billionaire Sea Castles
AlterNet (2 June 10)

Assumptions Go Asunder as Gores Split
The New York Times (1 June 10)


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Hundreds Die in Indian Heatwave
Guardian.co.uk (30 May 10)


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The Death of Gallium
Asimovs