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Friday, December 31, 2010
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Which Plastics to Never Use with Food: Recycle Code 3 or 7
If the Recycle code on the plastic is 3 or 7, then don't use it on foods. The chemical in 7, BPA, is bad news.
Which Plastics to Never Use with Food
Flip over your favorite plastic food storage container and check the recycling code number. If you spy a number 3 or 7, well, those containers should probably go to the craft room or garage to store buttons or screws rather than food. If there is no number listed, contact the manufacturer. (And to be fair to Tupperware, they do manufacture products that are not made of these plastic types.)
Read more at www.care2.comRecycling code number 7 includes several plastic types (it’s the catchall “other” category–see tips below) but it is predominantly polycarbonate. The problem with polycarbonate is that it harbors bisphenol A (BPA). Studies have shown that BPA damages the reproductive systems of lab animals by interfering with the effects of reproductive hormones and has other serious health effects. BPA’s capacity to cause these stems from its ability to mimic the human hormone estrogen–it has been linked to prostate and mammary gland cancers, early onset of puberty and reproductive-organ defects.
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Celebrate Today! Afghan Poet Advises
It is true - today is the only day you get that you can be sure of.
Read more at www.awwproject.orgEvery day is a good day for me.
I love nature and its beauty,
and I love all people.I hate war,
I hate conflicts
all around the world.From the bottom of my heart
I want peace.
I want peace with all human beings
I want to respect each other
and make every day
a lucky day to live
for today
and the next generation.When that time comes
life will be golden.Sharefa
Monday, December 27, 2010
Sunday, December 26, 2010
Tea Party, Take Notice - Real Climate Change Means Tea to Cost More for Less Flavor!
Can't argue with real, practical science - recording yields of tea over last 200 years plus. If they are concerned and saying they have noticed change - IT IS TRUE - climate deniers! Tea Party take notice! You tea is going to cost more and not as good!
Climate change leaves Assam tea growers in hot water
Rising temperatures reducing yields and altering distinctive flavour of India's most popular drink
Read more at www.guardian.co.ukThe Tea Board of India said it had recorded a steady decline in tea production in recent years. In 2007, Assam produced 512,000 tonnes of tea. By 2008 this had declined to 487,000 tonnes, with estimated production in 2009 down again to 445,000. A further decrease is expected this year.
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Texas Whirlwind: Rick Perry - the last Anglo Governor of Texas?
Spin today was based on yesterday's political view of the West and Southwest - Could be that present Arizona and Texas Anglo Conservative Republicans are doing their last dance.
Texas Latinos poised to disrupt the power of Caucasian Lone Star Republicans
LatinaLista.net -- It's been almost comical reading just how giddy Texas Republicans are at the prospect of gaining four more seats in Congress. There's only one problem -- those seats aren't their's for the taking.
"Hispanics will dominate two or three of the new Texas districts."Read more at www.latinalista.net
Monday, December 20, 2010
Trust Areva for Ohio Nuclear Plant - Not!
French-based Areva wants to help build a nuclear power plant in Ohio - it can use the money from US tax payers to help repair its spill in Niger and fininsh its years behind nuke plants in Finland.
Pictures of radioactive spill at AREVA Uranium mine in Niger
Over the weekend we alerted you to the incident in Niger where more than 200,000 litres of radioactive sludge from three cracked waste pools has leaked into the environment at the SOMAIR uranium mine, operated by French energy company AREVA.
See more at www.greenpeace.org
Friday, December 17, 2010
Pesticide in your toothpaste - Triclosan - Tell EPA: Get it Out!
Trislosan, a researcher at Tufts University notes, could pave the way for a superbugs it cannot combat. And guess what: triclosan is in way too many common products.
EPA Solicits Comments on Petition Regarding Antimicrobial Pesticide Triclosan
EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs routinely publishes petitions on pesticide issues for public comment. Comments on this Federal Register notice will be accepted until February 7, 2011, and may be submitted at www.regulations.gov in Docket ID # EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0548. The Federal Register notice can be found at http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/pdf/2010-30850.pdf.Read more at www.epa.gov
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Entertainer Glenn Beck cares little if his Islamic lies lead to violence
Nothing Beck says is really of any importance or should it be taken serious but... there are people who actually believe he is telling the truth - so now and then it is worthwhile to point out his grosser lies.
Assessing Muslim Terrorism: Lies, Damn Lies and Glenn Beck’s Statistics
Are you prepared to believe there are 157 million Muslim terrorists in the world? You have a choice: You can take Fox News commentator and radio host Glenn Beck’s word for it — or you can insist on proof.
“Beck wondered why this wasn’t receiving any media coverage,” he said. “Well, let me suggest one reason. It is total nonsense — a figure made up by Glenn Beck with absolutely no basis in fact.”Read more at www.splcenter.org
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
US Air Force Copies Chinese Censorship Lead!
Dumb and dumber have taken up residence at USAF HQ it seems. Deciding to censor/block access to New York Times and 25 other websites because they published information about Wikileak information.
U.S. Air Force censors websites for publishing WikiLeaks
The U.S. Air Force has blocked access to The New York Times and other media outlets that have published WikiLeaks information, reported the Associated Press. More than 25 websites have been blocked on Air Force computers.Read more at knightcenter.utexas.edu
John Boehner and other Republicans want right to remain anti-gay rights
Posted in Anti-Gay, Extremist Propaganda by Mark Potok on December 15, 2010
This morning, 22 members of Congress and a large number of other conservatives signed on to a public statement attacking the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) for listing several anti-gay religious right organizations as hate groups.
The statement, whose signatories included House Speaker-Designate John Boehner and the governors of Louisiana, Minnesota and Virginia,Read more at www.splcenter.org
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
The First Christmas Gift - The Inside Story
What's the inside story? You will have to read the story - eh?
AHASAK
ILY
A
Christmas Tale© 1989
I am going to be Santa's helper.
tonight's the night
I began
to remember and dream about the Christmas
the worst and best
Christmas I ever had
It might be a slow, low Christmas unless
Jeff and I can sell some more.
I saw...the quarters falling into the grate
I lost my Christmas money
Inside of the first and
every gift since is an extra secret gift
This secret is only for kids.Read more at positivefuturesguide.com
Christmas - 1912 - Did Santa forget Carmen?
This is the true story of my mother's fourth Christmas - the last one she would spend with her mother. It's also a story about how gifts outlast the giver and provide memories of people you never really "knew," except through stories.
Carmen's
Christmas Age Four
Maude
Wright -- 1912
Once upon a time there
lived in the little village of Saranac, New York a dear little girl named Carmen
whose papa and mama were very poor but happy as Christmas time drew near.
"Daddy! Is there neny
sing in my stockings?" Daddy said, "Come and see"
She was more pleased with
those few things than all the other things she got
These are the facts asRead more at positivefuturesguide.com
they happened on the Christmas of 1912.
Monday, December 13, 2010
Tuna surprise tonight? Sorry honey, the ocean ran out!
Blue Fin, Yellow Fin, Skipjack - way overfished for sandwiches and your cat! Take a look at how tuna starts maybe that will help convince you too - it bleeds just like you, it resists dying for your lunch, or dinner.
Tears for the Tuna
Until recently the Pacific was the home to the world's last abundant tuna fisheries, but there are now serious problems facing Pacific tuna. Bigeye and yellowfin tuna are already in serious trouble, and even skipjack, once thought of as virtually limitless, is now in decline and being caught at a rate that is not sustainable in the long term.
See more at www.greenpeace.org
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Rock hound collectors meet up on Amplify! Grin
Fun when your social tool enables you to meet new friends. In this case strange folks, like me who dig in the earth to find semi-precious stones, fossils, as well as gem stones. Horse Canyon Agate is beautiful and named, as are many stones, for its location and unique qualities. I collected lots of it before the area was developed for homes. Still have stones that resemble those shown here. Horse Canyon got its name from pre-historic horse-like animal identified from fossils found near the site as well. They died out and Spanish brought horses back to North America.
Self collected Agate from the world famous Horse Canyon Agate beds of Tehachapi, CA. Closed twice in the 60's.
See more at www.rockhoundingusa.com
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Photos stored in camera for 68 years - Pearl Harbour Bombing
WOW! (More pics and story on site) Yes Super wow. Reminds me of what Japanese government still has not apologized for for the attack, the deaths that day and the 50,000 plus American casualties during the Pacific war.
Photos stored in camera for 68 years - Pearl Harbour Bombing
Isn't it amazing how a film could last so long in a camera without disintegrating?
Fantastic photos taken 68 years ago. Some of you will have to go to a museum to see what a Brownie camera looked like?
Here is a simple picture of what we are talking about. . .
These photos are absolutely incredible... Read text below the first picture and then at the end.
See more at beforeitsnews.com
Friday, December 10, 2010
Voices of Peace in Afghanistan: Dear President Obama
It will not be pretty but we should be trying to get everyone to the table, as we should in Israel/Palestine too.
US policy questioned by academics and researchers
The following letter was sent today to the President of the United States by a group of academics, journalists and NGO workers:
we ask you to sanction and support a direct dialogue and negotiation with the Afghan Taliban leadership residing in Pakistan.
discussions about Afghanistan’s political future must include all parties and not just be a quick-fix deal with members of the insurgency.
It is time to implement an alternative strategy that would allow the United States to exit Afghanistan while safeguarding its legitimate security interests.Read more at circlingthelionsden.blogspot.com
Citizen Crackdown on Corporate Welfare Cash Coming?
Follow the money - who's getting bribed to leave or come to your community? Who are the biggest corporate freeloaders and where are they? Find out and see if you are getting your money's worth. Last time Cincinnati gave Cincinnati Bell a subsidy to stay in town it then was able to hire a few thousand people to work in its Philippines call center subsidiary.
Introducing Subsidy Tracker
I am happy to announce that my colleagues and I at Good Jobs First have just introduced such a resource. Subsidy Tracker is the first national search engine for determining where a company has gotten economic development subsidies around the country.Read more at dirtdiggersdigest.org
Thursday, December 09, 2010
How much antibiotic drugs are in your burger, meatball, whatever?
Way too much and it is making us more likely to let loose some superbugs whose job will be to super-balance the system - that means big trouble for burger eaters - aka: humans - us.
News break: FDA estimates US livestock get 29 million pounds of antibiotics per year
That’s a lot.
The reason why antibiotic use on farms is a concern, of course, is because such use stimulates the emergence of drug-resistant organisms that move off the farm in animals, in groundwater, in dust, on the wind and in the systems and on the clothes of those who work there, and makes new resistance factors available to be swapped among bacteria.Read more at www.wired.com
Friday, December 03, 2010
Son charged with murder after crossbow killing in Toronto library
Wednesday, December 01, 2010
Captain Cat's Diaries - Afghanistan For Real
Captain Cat - a female NGO worker shares her diary on occasion - filled with her up close relationships with Afghan people. Her observations can tell you more about what is and is not happening in Afghanistan than most accounts you may find. Read and see how little we seem to understand the complexity and simplicity of Afghans and their situation today, 100 years ago and probably 50 years from now.
Pieces of Paktia
Some days ago my friend learnt that Paktia and Khost’s Mangal tribe has been asked (reportedly by Pakistan’s not-so-secret-anymore intelligence services) to lead an aggressive anti-Shia surge in exchange for land in the upper Kurram, as well as a monopoly on trade in Parachinar, a bustling market town and Shia stronghold.
I wonder how these women live in this forced communality.
I am silently outraged at their prison-like existence, and want to scream at their men for these lives unlived, faces unseen.
The women ask me not to leave and hug me tightly; the matriarch gives me an imploring look, and I kiss her cheeks.
when I look back
they have already vanished.Read more at captaincat.typepad.com
What is Interpol Red Notice? Re: Wikileaks Founder
It is not an arrest warrant. Read the explanation below. You may have seen a lot of buzz and spin about this - so knowing the facts is a good thing - grin.
What An “Interpol Red Notice” Actually Means
I am probably the only full time blogger to ever have worked at Interpol, so it behooves me to explain the “Interpol Red Notice,”
Red Notice is simply a request for the arrest and extradition of an individual for whom an arrest warrant has been issued in the requesting country.
INTERPOL has made public the Red Notice, or international wanted persons alert, for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at the request of Swedish authorities who want to question him in connection with a number of sexual offences.Read more at www.undispatch.com
Is there a pig in your tank, your pill, your photo?
Fascinating idea to document where things come from and where they go. A project of reconnecting people to the earth and nature that gives them technical products. How many kids just think hamburger is made in the back of the grocery store and not from those lovely cows?
PIG 05049 (2007), is an extensive collection of photographic images that documents an astounding array of products that different parts of an anonymous pig called 05049
With her designs Christien Meindertsma aims to regain understanding of processes that have become so distant in industrialization.Read more at www.christienmeindertsma.com