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Cat Domestication Traced to Chinese Farmers 5,300 Years Ago
Post Date: 2013-12-18 06:29:57 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceDaily... Five-thousand years before it was immortalized in a British nursery rhyme, the cat that caught the rat that ate the malt was doing just fine living alongside farmers in the ancient Chinese village of Quanhucun, a forthcoming study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has confirmed. Share This: "At least three different lines of scientific inquiry allow us to tell a story about cat domestication that is reminiscent of the old 'house that Jack built' nursery rhyme," said study co-author Fiona Marshall, PhD, a professor of archaeology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis. "Our data suggest that cats were ...
The end of the traditional lightbulb: Forty and sixty-watt bulbs set to be banned from January 1
Post Date: 2013-12-18 06:12:11 by Tatarewicz
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•On January 1 it will become illegal for American businesses to either manufacture or import the old-style bulbs •Possible alternatives include halogen bulbs, compact fluorescent bulbs (CFL), LED bulbs and high efficiency incandescents •All are more expensive but also more energy efficient •Retails such as Home Depot are encouraging fans of the old-style bulbs to stock up now as they predict supplies will run out half-way through 201 Fans of the country’s most popular light bulbs - the traditional 40 and 60-watt incandescent bulbs - are being encouraging to start stocking up as on January 1 it will become illegal for American businesses to either manufacture or ...
China's Tianjin to curb car ownership in anti-smog drive
Post Date: 2013-12-15 22:07:22 by Tatarewicz
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TIANJIN, Dec. 15 (Xinhua) -- China's northern municipality of Tianjin will restrict traffic and issue new car license plates via bidding and lottery in a drive to fight traffic jam and air pollution. The city will impose quota on its new car plates starting next Monday, requiring buyers to join lottery or bid in auctions to win a plate, according to a notice issued by the city government on Sunday evening. The notice did not give details on the quota or how many plates will go for lottery compared with auction. Tianjin will also follow Beijing's step in adopting a similar traffic restriction scheme, which blocks cars from streets depending on the last digit of their plates, with ...
World drugs body calls Uruguay marijuana move 'illegal'
Post Date: 2013-12-12 03:04:44 by Tatarewicz
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Vienna (AFP) - Uruguay's move to legalise the production and sale of marijuana breaks international law, the world drugs body said Wednesday, warning it would encourage addiction. "Uruguay is breaking the international conventions on drug control with the cannabis legislation approved by its congress," said the International Narcotics Control Board, a UN body that oversees the implementation of international treaties on drugs. INCB president Raymond Yans added he was "surprised" that Montevideo had "knowingly decided to break the universally agreed and internationally endorsed legal provisions of the treaty." He accused the country's lawmakers of ...
I'm Hungry
Post Date: 2013-12-11 18:02:06 by Lod
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Order some on line.
comIndia's Supreme Court upholds anti-gay sex law
Post Date: 2013-12-11 08:08:55 by Tatarewicz
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The Supreme Court threw out a 2009 New Delhi High Court decision that struck down the law as unconstitutional, dealing a blow to gay activists who have argued for years for the chance to live openly in India's deeply conservative society. The top court said it was for lawmakers and not the courts to decide the matter. (NEW DELHI - India's Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down a 2009 lower court decision to decriminalize homosexuality, dealing a blow to gay activists who have fought for years for the chance to live openly in India's deeply conservative society. The judges said only lawmakers and not the courts could change a colonial-era law criminalizing homosexuality. The ...
C2C recap and schedule
Post Date: 2013-12-10 06:18:12 by Tatarewicz
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Consciousness & Changes: Near Death Experience researcher for over 30 years, PMH Atwater, discussed her latest book, Children of the 5th World , which details an emerging generation of young people who possess amazing attributes and abilities. She recalled how her interest in the subject began after seeing a number of children who displayed "the typical physiological and psychological aftereffects" of a near-death experiencer, despite never having had an NDE. "What I truly believe is happening is evolution in our time," she marveled, "it's enough to take your breath away." To that end, Atwater mused that the unique characteristics of this gifted ...
5 Minutes Of What The Media Actually Does To Women
Post Date: 2013-12-06 11:01:12 by christine
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True fact: Almost 100% of the images you see of models and celebrities are altered.
A subscriber to Jim Willie's newsletter sent him this email
Post Date: 2013-12-06 10:53:36 by christine
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"My doctor last week informed me about a trip he made to Los Angeles. He makes the trip there every year. With shock written over his face, he revealed how he witnessed at first hand the countless amount of people sleeping out on the streets. Over the years the amount of such unfortunate people have increased, but not as many as this time. He said the country is finished." ~ JohannM (Hat Trick Letter client in Zurich) Poster Comment:He should have used the word number, not amount. ;)
. As plastic-bag ban looms, L.A plans to give out totes
Post Date: 2013-12-05 05:17:41 by Tatarewicz
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LATimes With a plastic-bag ban set to go into effect in Los Angeles on the first of the new year, city officials are launching a campaign to get residents in the habit of using reusable totes. The city has teamed up with environmental groups and nonprofit organizations that work with veterans and former gang members to produce a line of bags made from recycled or repurposed materials. Los Angeles City Councilman Paul Koretz, who led the push for the ban and who is now raising money to manufacture the totes, said the bags will be given away for free. "Angelenos will be carrying these around for decades," he said Monday at a news conference announcing the initiative. A council vote ...
china punishes officials bureaucracy
Post Date: 2013-12-05 01:54:29 by Tatarewicz
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BEIJING, Dec 2 (Reuters) - China has punished almost 20,000 officials in the last year for breaching rules to cut down on bureaucracy as well as pomp and ceremony, the government said on Monday. President Xi Jinping ordered the crackdown late last year when he became head of the ruling Communist Party, seeking to assuage public anger at waste and extravagance, particularly officials seen abusing their position to illegally amass wealth. Xi demanded meetings be shortened, over-the-top welcoming ceremonies ditched and wordy, meaningless speeches be abandoned, as he sought to cut red tape and make the country's bureaucracy more efficient and less prone to graft. The party's ...
Texas Rangers arrest DPS trooper on drug charges
Post Date: 2013-12-04 19:59:25 by X-15
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A Texas Department of Public Safety trooper has been arrested in connection with an ongoing narcotics investigation, said Adam King, commander of the Stop the Offender Program Special Crimes Unit. Jimmy Jay Gillman, 47, was arrested about 9 p.m. Tuesday at his Cleburne home by STOP and the Texas Department of Public Safety Texas Rangers Division. Gillman, an employee with the DPS Highway Patrol Division, was in possession of about 6 grams of methamphetamine when he was arrested, according to a statement released by the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office. King said that Burleson Police Department was conducting a narcotics investigation when officers came across information implicating ...
McAfee 2016 – Article by Web?
Post Date: 2013-12-02 07:00:52 by Tatarewicz
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HAIL TO THE CHIEF………… Never say Never. That, ladies and gents, is exactly how I feel each and every time someone inserts John McAfee into any venture. Does he want to be Microsoft’s CEO as voted by the Tech community? Or how about JM for President of the United States, a suggestion that has been made time and again, either online or by direct contact? Should he pick a State, and run for Governor? Or maybe work with the Government to fix this Healthcare debacle? Just kidding on that one…we already know the outcome of that. The people had spoken, now I had to know what John himself thought of all this. We had some catching up to do. He’s been busy lately, ...
City of Vancouver bans doorknobs in future housing
Post Date: 2013-12-02 04:47:54 by Tatarewicz
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In Vancouver, the doorknob may soon become extinct. According to a new amendment to Vancouver�s building code, the Canadian city has banned the inclusion of doorknobs in all future housing constructions, the Vancouver Sun reported. Instead, doorknobs and knobbed faucets will be replaced with lever handles in an attempt to make buildings more accessible to seniors and people with disabilities. According to pervious research, distinctions between types of door handle are important to the elderly population, and the lever handle design is much easier for seniors to operate. Unlike doorknobs, door handles do not require a tight grasp. The new legislation is not retroactive, meaning ...
Try this quiz and see how you do
Post Date: 2013-12-01 12:16:56 by James Deffenbach
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Full Civic Literacy Exam (from our 2008 survey) Are you more knowledgeable than the average citizen? The average score for all 2,508 Americans taking the following test was 49%; college educators scored 55%. Can you do better? Questions were drawn from past ISI surveys, as well as other nationally recognized exams. You answered 32 out of 33 correctly — 96.97 % (I missed one question)
Swedish prisoner escapes to visit dentist
Post Date: 2013-12-01 05:35:49 by Tatarewicz
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A man escaped from a Swedish prison simply to visit the dentist, and was slapped an extended sentence when he returned to the jail. "My whole face was swollen. I just couldn't stand it any more," the 51-year-old told the Dagens Nyheter newspaper (DN). The man was a prisoner at the minimum security Östragård facility in the municipality of Vänersborg, in south-western Sweden. The prisoner, who was serving a one-month sentence, had asked for medical care for the pain in his tooth but to no avail, so he decided to take matters into his own hands. After leaving the grounds, he tracked down the nearest dentist, had his inflamed tooth removed, then reported ...
Confucius classroom hubs opened in Northern Ireland
Post Date: 2013-11-30 22:31:08 by Tatarewicz
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BELFAST, Britain, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- Eight Confucius Classroom Hubs under the Confucius Institute at Ulster University opened Friday in Northern Ireland to meet children's needs in learning the Chinese language and culture. "Northern Ireland has maintained good relationship with China," said Peter Robinson, the first minister of Northern Ireland, who attended the opening ceremony at the Long Gallery of the Parliament building with four other ministers. "We were delighted when the first Confucius Institute opened. People are introduced to Chinese culture and language ... In the future, if one could speak English and Chinese, he can probably live in everywhere in the ...
‘Genderqueer’ rising: Colleges welcome kids who identify as neither male nor female
Post Date: 2013-11-30 14:03:58 by Jethro Tull
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OAKLAND, Calif. — The weekly meetings of Mouthing Off!, a group for students at Mills College in Oakland, Calif., who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender, always start the same way. Members take turns going around the room saying their names and the personal pronouns they want others to use when referring to them — she, he or something else.It’s an exercise that might seem superfluous given that Mills, a small and leafy liberal arts school historically referred to as the Vassar of the West, only admits women as undergraduates. Yet increasingly, the “shes” and “hers” that dominate the introductions are keeping third-person company with ...
C2C recap
Post Date: 2013-11-30 06:35:43 by Tatarewicz
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Gratitude, Mothman, & Open Lines: In the first half of Thursday's show, writer, eco-activist and book publisher Brenda Knight talked about the power of gratitude to change and save lives. There is a movement toward gratitude on the planet right now-- instead of being filled with worry and anxiety, "if you just stop for one minute and think about what you're grateful for, it's going to turn your life around," she remarked. Knight starts each morning with a "gratitude practice," which includes counting her blessings, saying what she's grateful for, and then setting her intention for the day. What you're looking for is also looking for you, but you ...
Hilarious Airline Complaint Letters
Post Date: 2013-11-28 23:47:12 by James Deffenbach
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Airline complaint letters are often angry, as they are by their very nature written by travelers who have been through an unpleasant travel experience. A letter to LIAT, a small Caribbean airline that serves 21 destinations, received a complaint letter that is so humorous that Sir Richard Branson, the CEO of the Virgin Group, tweeted it to his more than three million followers. "How to write a complaint letter - read this hilarious note from a frustrated airline passengers," Branson tweeted. He was once the recipient of a hilarious complaint letter himself, where the traveler, Oli Beale, a British advertising executive, referred to his flight on Virgin Atlantic as a ...
Thanksgiving 2013 Google Doodle
Post Date: 2013-11-28 07:52:23 by GreyLmist
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Description: As a motley crew of woodland creatures joins together for a Thanksgiving feast, a fox learns that everyone has something they can bring to the table. Google.com Page ViewPoster Comment:Indians and Pilgrims dancing too:
After bride is left at altar, guest steps up to marry her
Post Date: 2013-11-28 05:46:43 by Tatarewicz
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A bride in India showed up expecting to marry one guy and ended up marrying a wedding guest instead, according to a story in "The Times of India." The 23-year-old bride was supposed to marry a 35-year-old man who backed out of the marriage by not showing up at the ceremony. The intended groom's parents said he argued with them before leaving home. When locals heard that the bride had been stranded at the altar, a relative of the bride stepped in to marry her, according to the report. The wedding took place in India's Kanyakumari district.
NYC considers adding e-cigarettes to smoking ban
Post Date: 2013-11-28 03:11:55 by Tatarewicz
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The Associated Press NEW YORK — Proposed legislation that would include electronic cigarettes in the city's ban on smoking in bars, restaurants and other indoor public spaces is coming up for consideration by a committee of the New York City Council. The council's Health Committee has scheduled a public hearing on the issue for Dec. 4. Electronic cigarettes are battery-powered, and allow users to inhale vaporized liquid nicotine instead of tobacco smoke. The legislation is sponsored by Speaker Christine Quinn and Councilmember James Gennaro. They say allowing e-cigarettes in places where tobacco cigarettes are banned threatens "effective enforcement" of the smoking ...
Electronic Cigarette Manufacturer Giveaway - Free Trial Offer Today
Post Date: 2013-11-28 02:23:25 by Tatarewicz
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Electronic Cigarette Manufacturer Giveaway - Free Trial Offer Today[2013]Note: Only 7 Trials Still Available. Free Trial Promotion Ends Tomorrow! The use of electronic cigarettes have recently grabbed the attention of countless tobacco users worldwide. Are they really a healthier and cheaper alternative to traditional cigarettes? Creators and product users now say you can enjoy a cheaper, healthier cigarette without the bad smells, second-hand smoke, or cancer causing chemicals. With these huge claims, we decided to investigate the electronic cigarette for our readers. A few of the benefits claimed from using the electronic cigarette: No tar, tobacco, carbon monoxide, or ash. Get the ...
Question
Post Date: 2013-11-26 23:57:03 by Horse
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I am trying to watch a foreign language movie on YouTube. It says to click on the CC button at the bottom of the screen to get English and other language subtitles. I click and I click. I right click. And still nothing. What in hell do I have to do? Thanks in advance.
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