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    Seven myths about steak

    That's why we buy our meat at Costco, not less expensive but it's tender enough to actually chew.
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    A better way to end armed standoffs?

    Too bad a cop ended an 18 year old life so quickly. Negotiation or a taser or rubber bullets would have been a more sensible choice.
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    Snitch or hero: Modern whistleblowers still aren’t getting much respect

    BY RANDY BOSWELL, POSTMEDIA NEWS JUNE 14, 2013 12:15 PM Edward Snowden, the NSA surveillance whistleblower. As the world wrestles with the hero-or-traitor conundrum posed by ex-CIA technician Edward Snowden and his bombshell revelations about U.S. government surveillance of citizens’ email and...
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    SpaceShipTwo's First Powered Flight

    Wired
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    What exactly killed Tamerlan Tsarnaev?

    I'm betting he died from the crushing wounds when his brother ran over him, or was it the bullet wounds from the shootout? Guess we'll find out for sure tomorrow when the autopsy results are revealed.
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    Yellowstone's Volcano Bigger Than Thought

    Yellowstone Park is the caldera of a super-volcano that erupts in about 600,000 year intervals. The last major eruption occurred 640,000 years ago. Scientist have been studying it for years and now realize that there are several underground magma chambers and they are larger than previously...
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    Major industrial explosion in Texas

    CBC and CNN are reporting a major explosion occurred in a fertilizer plant this evening near Waco, Texas. Many homes destroyed , at least 44 serious injuries, possibly some deaths.
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    I grew up in the rocks (short story)

    We lived on a farm. The river bottom land was good farming land but the house and outbuildings and corrals were on upper rocky ground, rounded river rock. Big and little rocks made up the surface layer. Underneath was a thin layer of dirt that would quickly erode away in the infrequent summer...
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    Our Native art collection

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    China braces for new bird flu epidemic

    Headline from The Times of India Health authorities around the world are working to develop a flu vaccine for humans. CNN On China
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    Anyone else have an Ereader?

    I read a lot of novels so I get most of them from our library, I simply can't afford to buy them all new. Until my recent eye surgeries, I was unable to read small print so I was pretty much restricted to the Large Print section of the Library and that section is rather small. The librarians...
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    B.C. wants Canada Health Act changed to improve medicare

    Last Updated Tue, 14 Feb 2006 18:20:52 EST CBC News British Columbia's government called for changes to the Canada Health Act and promised sweeping changes to the province's health-care system in a throne speech on Tuesday. The speech, read by Lieutenant-Governor Iona Campagnolo on behalf of...
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    Will Conservatives use Notwithstanding Clause?

    ..........to take away a woman's right to choose? Paul Martin thinks so and I believe he is correct on this. This is what he said last Thursday night: I think this is a very important issue in this election and I don't think it is a smear of Conservatives because I know that the CPC...
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    What are the most important issues for you?

    What is important to you? I have identified several issues that are important to me. They are: Universal Health Care Jack Layton's NDP has made a firm commitment to preserve and improve the present sytem and has earmarked a lot of money to pay for the upgrades. The Conservatives want to open up...
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    Algae - like a breath mint for smokestacks

    from the January 11, 2006 edition Algae - like a breath mint for smokestacks By Mark Clayton | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Great article on a new method of removing carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide from smokestack emissions. Sulphur dioxide can easily be removed in another...
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    The election issue most important to me

    ......is Universal Health Care as opposed to for-profit medical care. Let me tell you why. We lived in the States for many years and, like most normal young people, we seldom needed medical care or prescriptions. Then, 12 years ago, my wife needed a fairly routine operation to remove half of...
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    Buy My Vote!

    A new web site that asks you how much it would take to buy your vote and the reasons for the price you put on it. Provocative, interesting, and it will give you some insight into people's thinking. Buy My Vote!
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    The Hydrogen Economy

    The Hydrogen Economy by Jeremy Rifkin January 3, 2006 We are in the early stages of an historic change in the way we organize the earth's energy. The Industrial Age, which began with the carrying of coal from Newcastle several hundred years ago, is now winding down in the oil fields of...
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    Your Vote; This Time VS Last Time?

    We had a national election a short time ago. Have you changed your mind since you voted last time? What issue prompted the change? :occasion5:
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    Inauguration of a New Hydrogen Filling Station in Singapore

    Singapore Renewable Energy Initiative The Government of Singapore has implemented a plan to develop alternative energy. With the best environmental track record among Asian countries, Singapore wants to maintain its position as South-East Asia's environmental leader. It has already deployed a...