Category: The World
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Vaccines
<a href="http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996546" target="_blank">Vaccines that don't need to be refrigerated</a>. What a wonderful concept. I ran across <a href="http://lizditz.typepad.com/i_speak_of_dreams/2004/10/vaccines_in_the.html#more" target="_blank">this story</a> at Liz's place, <a href="http://lizditz.typepad.com/i_speak_of_dreams/" target="_blank">I Speak of Dreams</a>, and it really piqued my interest. The advantages of it to vaccinate people across the world are amazing. Personally I file it under agriculture. The advantages…
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Wind Power
What's the problem with developing wind power? <a href="http://www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2004/10/11/news/wyoming/db1785d888b5016887256f290021000e.txt" target="_blank">This article</a> explains it really well. <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2004/07/08/build/state/40-schweitzer.inc" target="_blank">Some people</a> get the mistaken impression that it is a function of people not buying the power and think that requiring people to buy the power will somehow magically create the power with no infrastructure to support it.…
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Winblown
I present this information I found as is with no way of verifing its authenticity.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.pcwelt.de/know-how/extras/103039/" target="_blank">PC-WELT discovers and fixes serious security issue in Windows XP SP2</a><br />n<br />n<i>"Windows XP Service Pack 2 with Advanced Security Technologies helps you protect your PC against viruses, hackers, and worms." – this is how Microsoft promotes…
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Terrorists
I remember during the 80's, in particular, and the 90's hearing about terrorist training camps in foreign countries and our nations concern about them. Now animal rights extremists have taken this tactic and set up a <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/animalrights/story/0,11917,1297540,00.html" target="_blank">training camp</a> in Britain to "to learn direct-action tactics."<br />n<br />n<i>The 3,000 members of the Animal Liberation…
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Twist
Drinking and driving with a <a href="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040819/ap_on_fe_st/drunken_buggy_accident">twist</a>. Good thing the horse isn't injured.<br />n<br />n<b>If you want to quit drinking, just look at a drunkard when you're sober. Chinese proverb</b>
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Coffee
The wonderful, miracle beverage I drink in the morning to get going. I would even say I'm addicted to it. This isn't a bad thing. is it? <br />n<br />n<a href="http://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/07/20/wcoff20.xml"> Coffee 'can make mind go blank'</a><br />n<br />nNow my Darling Wife drinks ….Uh, I forget. Maybe I'll remember later.<br />n<br />n<b>Forgetfulness. A gift of…
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Stupidity
This is one of those situations where you deserve what you get. <a href="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/spain_bull_run">Eight Runners Gored by Bulls in Spain </a>. Every year I hear about this spectecale of madness called "the running of the bulls" and can't belive there are people who want to tempt fate this way. Anytime I have a sick cow,…
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Land Grab
The Zimbabwe Government for over a year has been seizing land from white property owners and turning it over to the black people of the nation and has succeeded in destroying the most agriculturally productive land in Africa. In doing all this the country has went from a net food exporter to a net food…
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Power
The enviromentilists have been on the global warming bandwagon for a long time and are doing every thing they can to stifle progress in their zeal to cut CO2 emmissions. I have always had a question for them. Why if you are so worried about CO2 emmissions do you so oppose the one form of…
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Fatal Test
My children, like most kids, are really sick of going to school right now. I was quizzing the youngest girl on her math facts yesterday and she wasn't doing very well. She hates math. She always says it's going to kill her and I inform her that math won't kill her. After seiing <a href="http://education.independent.co.uk/news/story.jsp?story=522671">this</a>…