I published a new Blipfoto journal entry

31 January :: Burns Court

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http://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2711450

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I published a new Blipfoto journal entry

29 January :: Wallenda walks without a safety net or harness

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Source:

http://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2709090

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I published a new Blipfoto journal entry

26 January :: Blue Dolphin Cafe Crowd

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Source:

http://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2709052

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I published a new Blipfoto journal entry

25 January :: \"The Villages\"

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Source:

http://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2709038

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Jared Diamond’s Guide to Reducing Life’s Risks

NYTimes: That Daily Shower Can Be a Killer So be careful old people.

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http://nyti.ms/14oJwDT

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flip.it

Gentlemen, place your bets.

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http://flip.it/lNN7t

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Florida 2013

Nik Wallenda crosses Route 41. You've seen it on TV, now you can see it here. Note the little cameras on his balance pole.

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http://smu.gs/14tbu12

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Florida 2013

Nik Wallenda walks the wire. You saw it on TV filmed from a good vantage point. Now see what it looked like to we, the people, mere spectators on the ground.

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http://smu.gs/14tbu12

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50 Things We Don't Do Anymore Due to Technology | The Mozy Blog

Count the things you still do, multiply by 2 and get your Luddite score. If you can't open the link, you score 100% Luddite. Also, count the things you have never heard of, multiply by 2 and get your "Cool Kid" score.

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http://mozy.com/blog/?p=3710

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Get Back to Work

The perils of the Internet . . .

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http://moraless.com/84-get_back_to_work.html

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When food 'porn' holds no allure: The science behind satiety

The moral of the story - stay sated, and you need never yield to temptation.

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http://bit.ly/VNkhG8

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That Explains It: The Difference Between Instagram and Vine

Understanding technology...

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http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PetaPixel/~3/3AfTBCGna9Y/

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Successful and Schizophrenic

NYTimes: Successful and Schizophrenic Fascinating.

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http://nyti.ms/Y4z4Nc

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Dilbert comic strip for 01/28/2013 from the official Dilbert comic strips archive.

Do you know this guy?

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Source:

http://www.dilbert.com/strips/comic/2013-01-28/

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Language Log » What “the” means

Seems like the Court actually does not understand English.

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http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=4444

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Ex-CIA agent: Iran blast largest sabotage case in decades

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http://www.jpost.com/IranianThreat/News/Article.aspx?id=301230

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GOODMAN GALLERY : exhibitions | show

When politics meets photography the result is not always images that I find attractive or interesting. I may be missing something.

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http://bit.ly/VhqtEw

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GOODMAN GALLERY : exhibitions | show

When politics meets photography the result is not always images that I find attractive or interesting. I may be missing something.

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Source:

http://bit.ly/VhqtEw

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Selling a New Generation on Guns

People . . . people who kill people, are the luckiest people in the world. Corporations are people too...

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http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/27/us/selling-a-new-generation-on-guns.html?pagewanted=all

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When Trees Die, People Die

It may be a spurious correlation, but hmmm....

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Source:

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/01/when-trees-die-people-die/267322/

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I published a new Blipfoto journal entry

24 January :: Brian

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Source:

http://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2687431

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I published a new Blipfoto journal entry

23 January :: Parthenon Replica

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Source:

http://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2687428

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I published a new Blipfoto journal entry

22 January :: Honky-Tonk

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Source:

http://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2687427

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http://www.opensecrets.org/news/assets_c/2013/01/pfd_holdings2-10326.html

A good guide to where to put your money. The fix is in!

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http://www.opensecrets.org/news/assets_c/2013/01/pfd_holdings2-10326.html

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The American Case Against a Black Middle Class

Indeed. Level playing fields are not valued by the owners of the field.

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http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/01/the-american-case-against-a-black-middle-class/267385/

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The Liberals' War on Science: Scientific American

Science is what I agree with. If I don't agree, it is voodoo.

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Source:

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-liberals-war-on-science

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I published a new Blipfoto journal entry

21 January :: What else happened today?

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http://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2677022

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http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2013-01-21/

Been there, done that, got the T-shirt :-(

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http://www.dilbert.com/strips/comic/2013-01-21/

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Tell your senators: Immigration reform must include a roadmap to citizenship

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Source:

http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/immigration_reform/?rc=fb_share1&r_by=53528-5216823-K_NtYyx

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I published a new Blipfoto journal entry

20 January :: You do not have to be cold in winter

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http://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2672795

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I published a new Blipfoto journal entry

19 January :: You said what?

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Source:

http://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2668973

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Hand Sanitizer

Do the arithmetic!

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Source:

http://xkcd.com/1161/

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I published a new Blipfoto journal entry

18 January :: Friday Flower

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http://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2665307

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Scooped Coffee Settlement

Wonderful. The lawyers get about $400,000 plus expenses. The poor suffering people who bought loose coffee get 45 cents per transaction, up to a maximum of $5.00 - if there is enough money to go round. Justice is served. All is well with the world.

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http://tinyurl.com/aq5yp2e

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The NRA’s diabolical ad

The President's need for protection in increased by the non-elites in the NRA. I have no idea why people are so proud to proclaim that they are not a member of an elite class. They are right, but why are they proud of it?

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-nras-diabolical-ad-about-obamas-children/2013/01/17/4b3f0bd2-60f8-11e2-9940-6fc488f3fecd_story.html

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National balance sheets

"As Morgan Stanley points out, financial repression was associated with quite benign outcomes after the second world war. The economy steadily grew its way out of the debt. But the big difference with today is that although post-1945 governments were burdened by war debts, the private sector was relatively unlevered; now both sectors carry high debt. This makes it much more difficult to grow your way out of the crisis. As Japan shows, you can hold rates near zero for ages without prompting companies or consumers to borrow." So, now what?

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http://www.economist.com/blogs/buttonwood/2013/01/debt-crisis

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I published a new Blipfoto journal entry

17 January :: Continuing my obsession with trees...

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http://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2661648

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The Irrational Consumer: Why Economics Is Dead Wrong About How We Make Choices

Is this why people as groups make weird political decisions?

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http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/01/the-irrational-consumer-why-economics-is-dead-wrong-about-how-we-make-choices/267255/

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Thanksgivukkah FAQ

Answers to lots of questions about calendars.

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http://flip.it/4rxsy

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How the National Rifle Association Rates Lawmakers

Why gun control faces a problem.

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http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/12/19/us/politics/nra.html

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I published a new Blipfoto journal entry

16 January :: Julia

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http://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2657958

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Tell House Republicans: Take Action Against Gun Violence

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http://dccc.org/end-gun-violence?source=fb_auto_share

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Oracle releases patch for latest Java hole - update now!

So, go update it NOW!

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Source:

http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/01/13/oracle-releases-cve-2013-0422-patch-for-java/

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Roger Kimball: This Metamorphosis Will Require a Permit

Check your real estate tax bill. Notice how many line items there are on it. Each line item generally represents an "authority" that has the power to make regulations of some kind. We are decentralized to the point of paralysis.

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http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB10001424127887324081704578237722576889786-lMyQjAxMTAzMDEwNTExNDUyWj.html?mod=wsj_valettop_email

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Sandy Is Still With Us

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http://forward.com/articles/169339/sandy-is-still-with-us/

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Study: Wanting Things Makes Us Happier Than Having Them

I knew that. Same thing holds for vacations.

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Source:

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/01/study-wanting-things-makes-us-happier-than-having-them/267216/

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Interesting animation: “Malaria”

Wow! Just Wow!

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http://blogs.adobe.com/jnack/2013/01/interesting-animation-malaria.html

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Photos Showing the Strange Similarities of Human Cities and Human Neurons

Hmmmm….

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Source:

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PetaPixel/~3/Tra-whKbi70/

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I published a new Blipfoto journal entry

15 January :: I told you there would be a lot of trees

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http://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2654569

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Les Miserables - Movie Review

This is what I thought Les Miserables would be - so I did not see it. Good decision.

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http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/ihdT/~3/1PfMCE9dDY8/

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Just a test of IFTT

I have set up IFTT to push all my Facebook posts to Blogger, and all my Blogger posts to Tumblr.

If you have never used IFTT, look at it. IFTT is the acronym for "If This Then That." It provides a facility to program the web! Go to IFTT.com

Dead Last: Depressing Health Facts From Exceptional (United States of) America by Paul Street

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http://flip.it/F5wDl

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I published a new Blipfoto journal entry

14 January :: Sensory Overload

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http://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2651183

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History lesson: Why did Congress create a national debt limit?

There is nothing new under the sun or in politics. The parties have changed sides dramatically since Eisenhower.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/history-lesson-why-did-congress-create-a-national-debt-limit/2013/01/13/21114db8-5db8-11e2-9940-6fc488f3fecd_blog.html

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Google's ultrafast Internet draws startups to Kansas City

Maybe this will scare the cable/telephony oligopoly into providing internet service as good as such high tech nations as Latvia and Romania. Catch South Korea - never! http://tinyurl.com/cv5ncze

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http://www.twincities.com/ci_22366073/googles-ultrafast-internet-draws-startups-kc

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The Strip | By Brian McFadden

Read it and weep.

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http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2012/07/08/opinion/sunday/the-strip.html?smid=fb-share

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I published a new Blipfoto journal entry

13 January :: Century Theater, Evanston

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http://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2647313

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No Longer the 'Party of Eisenhower and Reagan'

Thoughtful analysis.

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http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/01/no-longer-the-party-of-eisenhower-and-reagan/267092/#.UPMLv42jCZ0.facebook

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Al Jazeera America: Will they watch?

Al Jazeera English is actually relatively neutral news source for international news. Their editorials may opinion pieces are often from a "different", shall we say, perspective, but they provide valuable insight into how the other side thinks. Opionion pieces are also clearly labelled - not often true here where opinions are often treated as news. And, no, they will not watch.

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http://politi.co/UULo1O

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I published a new Blipfoto journal entry

12 January :: Bob

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http://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2643194

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Comic: The Difference Between Taking Analog and Digital Photos

Soon there will be more people able to take a photograph than write a grammatically correct paragraph. Back to hieroglyphics, 21st century style?

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http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PetaPixel/~3/phlkSGNauMU/

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Hutzler 571 Banana Slicer

The comments are wonderful. This us clearly a gift for the person who has everything.

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http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0047E0EII/ref=tsm_1_fb_lk

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This Isn't the Petition Response You're Looking For | We the People: Your Voice in Our Government

This is a relief!

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https://petitions.whitehouse.gov//response/isnt-petition-response-youre-looking

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New water bottle dangers for kids: Tongue entrapment

Danger lurking everywhere!

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Source:

http://www.consumersearch.com/blog/new-water-bottle-dangers-for-kids-tongue-entrapment?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS

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I published a new Blipfoto journal entry

11 January :: Bernie

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http://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2639031

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South Africa: Unrest in the Vineyards

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http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/10/world/africa/south-africa-unrest-in-the-vineyards.html?smid=fb-share

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Breaking News: Series Of Concentric Circles Emanating From Glowing Red Dot

When I saw this I thought it was Fox News!

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http://www.theonion.com/video/breaking-news-series-of-concentric-circles-emanati,14204/

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I published a new Blipfoto journal entry

10 January :: Will it Work?

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http://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2636175

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Science Of Learning: Which Study Strategies Really Make The Grade?

If you need this, read it :-)

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http://www.science20.com/news_articles/science_learning_which_study_strategies_really_make_grade-100709

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The iPad Potty! The Worst iPad Accessory Ever Made? Or the Best?

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http://shar.es/4jM1N

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Who Needs Connectivity? I Have Service!

It's a strange world!

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http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/Who-Needs-Connectivity-I-Have-Service!.aspx

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Americans have worse health than people in other high-income countries

It must be our wonderful health care system that accounts for the data.

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Source:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/01/130109124235.htm

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I published a new Blipfoto journal entry

9 January :: Botanic Garden Geese

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http://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2631671

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The Operatic Life of Richard Nixon

Damn. Guess I need to read his bio as well. Anyone have recommendations for a good non-partisan book?

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http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/01/the-operatic-life-of-richard-nixon/266963/#.UO29p6B31L8.facebook

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Tell the Senate: Fix the filibuster.

Even if you are right wing, join the petition. The left can do it to you too!

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Source:

http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/filibuster_reform_2013/?rc=fb_share1&r_by=52907-5216823-Iv5dHWx

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MomsRising.org | Walmart: Keep your promises!

Everyone has a right to life - unless a gun kills them, of course!

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http://action.momsrising.org/sign/Walmart-Weapon/?fs=fb

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Report: Al Gore Now Worth More Than Mitt Romney

Gore now richer than Romney! Whoda thunk it?

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Source:

http://flip.it/8Byw7

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I published a new Blipfoto journal entry

8 January :: Sunset Park

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http://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2629176

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The 10 Best Psychology and Philosophy Books of 2012

Damn. My reading backlog just got longer :-(

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http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/12/04/best-psychology-philosophy-books-2012/

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What Democrats In Congress Can Learn From Anti-GMO Activist Mark Lynas About Science

If GMOs scare you, read this...

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http://www.science20.com/science_20/what_democrats_congress_can_learn_antigmo_activist_mark_lynas_about_science-100180

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The Kilogram Is Heavier Than It Used To Be Too

Huh. I thought it was just me that has put on weight.

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Source:

http://www.science20.com/news_articles/kilogram_heavier_it_used_be_too-100256

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I published a new Blipfoto journal entry

7 January :: Abigail

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http://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2625622

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Eve of Disaster - By Charles Emmerson

Interesting take on the world of 100 years ago. Predictions are easy, but only when they involve the past.

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http://foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/01/04/why_2013_looks_a_lot_like_1913

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After Madoff, Financial Fraud Defies Policing

If you have a Financial Advisor with authority to trade your account, check your account's transactions carefully every month.

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http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/01/06/after-madoff-financial-fraud-defies-policing/?nl=business&emc=edit_dlbkam_20130107

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Letting Crying Babes Lie? So Wrong

Not one of my usual concerns -- but so right!

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http://flip.it/OihaP

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Here We Go! Climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro for Clean Safe Drinking Water

Why we drank only out of bottles!

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Source:

http://flip.it/hz3kz

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I published a new Blipfoto journal entry

6 January :: In the Mall

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Source:

http://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2621955

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To reduce Federal spending and the deficit by terminating taxpayer financing of presidential electio

Hah! At last a Republican bill that I would support.

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http://flip.it/ylRRX

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To end membership of the United States in the United Nations. (H.R. 75)

\u003Csarcasm>Thank heavens we have a new congress working hard to improve our social and economic conditions\u003C/sarcasm> Why do my taxes go to pay the salary of these boneheads?

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http://flip.it/1wLdo

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Dying for Freedom

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Source:

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/05/dying-for-freedom/

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I published a new Blipfoto journal entry

5 January :: A Bris

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Source:

http://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2616561

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Cameraman Captures What It’s Like to Be Targeted as Food by a Polar Bear

Scary bear attack.

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Source:

http://flip.it/LoSn6

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Gun Control. Now.

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Source:

http://signon.org/sign/gun-control-now-1.fb23?source=s.icn.fb&r_by=6761923

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Time of travel in the 1800s

Very interesting. Could the US have remained a single nation with only the modes of travel used in 1800?

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http://flowingdata.com/2013/01/04/time-of-travel-in-the-1800s/

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Civic Impulse

At least our "representatives" did something useful - sort of.

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Source:

http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10152380570515431&id=312186525430

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I published a new Blipfoto journal entry

4 January :: Food Porn - Chicken Oreganato

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Source:

http://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2614222

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The depressing reality of the 113th Congress

Congress is bad, and shows no sign of getting better. The problem seems to be that the parties have sorted themselves out of overlap. Liberals and Conservatives used to be present in both parties, but now they have taken sides so no compromise is possible. The Senators and Representatives are now the tools of the Money Machine that the parties have become.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2013/01/03/the-depressing-reality-of-the-113th-congress/

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A Second City… Opera? With Patrick Stewart?

We will be there. Looking forward to it.

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Source:

http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/January-2013/A-Second-City-Opera-With-Patrick-Stewart/

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Wrestling With Details of Noah Pozner's Killing – Forward Thinking – Forward.com

If you think your right to bear arms trumps a child's right to live, think again.

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Source:

http://blogs.forward.com/forward-thinking/168707/wrestling-with-details-of-noah-pozners-killing/

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I published a new Blipfoto journal entry

3 January :: Tree Attack I

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Source:

http://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2610370

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Language Log » The National Rhetoric Association

Another NRA:-)

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Source:

http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=4400

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I published a new Blipfoto journal entry

2 January :: My Garden in Winter

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Source:

http://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2606540

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