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10.22.2011

D85 40H 'Update on Hunger Strike, etc.' SL


D85+40H 'Update on Hunger Strike, etc.' SL


Pregnant mom dies shielding [other's] schoolchildren from rooftop gunman in Brooklyn www.nydailynews.com

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2011/10/21/2011-10-21_brooklyn_triple_shooting_11yearold_girl_wounded_one_woman_dead_after_being_caugh.html?google_editors_picks=true
www.nydailynews.com
A gunman perched on a ooklyn rooftop opened fire Friday, grazing an 11-year-old girl and killing a pregnant woman who was shielding several of her kids.

Climate Change Deniers Abandon ‘Befuddled Warmist’ Berkeley Physicist Who Came Around On Global Warming tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/10/climate-change-deniers-abandon-befuddled-warmist-physicist-who-came-around-on-global-warming.php
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com
Climate change deniers thought they had an ally in Richard Muller, a popular physics professor at UC Berkeley and famous anthropogenic global warming skeptic. Now that he’s come around, they’re abandoning him.

D85 40 'RELIGION - DESIGNED FOR COURAGE, THE COWARDS REFUGE.' SL


Obama Feels Your Pain, Cuts A Check tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/10/for-real-obama-cuts-checks.php
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com
We couldn’t believe it ourselves, but apparently, President Barack Obama has written personal checks to some Americans who write him about their financial hardships.

10.21.2011

D85 40 'SL SELLING HIS BLOOD FOR WIFI.' SL


D85 40 'YOUR OVERPRIVILEGE IS MURDER.' SL


California becomes first state to adopt cap-and-trade program www.latimes.com

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-cap-trade-20111021,0,1125437.story
www.latimes.com
The California Air Resources Board on Thursday unanimously adopted the nation's first state-administered cap-and-trade regulations, a landmark set of air pollution controls to address climate change and help the state achieve its ambitious goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Groundbreaking data tracks carbon emissions back to their source www.guardian.co.uk

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2011/oct/21/data-tracks-carbon-emissions-source
www.guardian.co.uk
Which of the following accounts for the largest share of the UK carbon emissions? All our holiday flights, all the power used in our homes or... Russia?

10.20.2011

50% of All Workers Made Less than $26,000 in 2010 www.theatlantic.com

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/10/50-of-all-workers-made-less-than-26-000-in-2010/247059/?google_editors_picks=true
‎... the lowest level since 1999, after adjusting for inflation

Lindsey Graham says GOP opposed Libya mission because Obama was president - Politics Wires - MiamiHe www.miamiherald.com

http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/10/20/2463679/lindsey-graham-says-gop-opposed.html
www.miamiherald.com
WASHINGTON — Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., hailed the death of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi Thursday but chastised Congress for its hesitance to assist anti-Gadhafi Libyan rebels and for criticizing President Barack Obama’s use of U.S. military resources to assist in air strikes.

A skeptical physicist ends up confirming climate data www.washingtonpost.com

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/a-skeptical-physicist-ends-up-confirming-climate-data/2011/10/20/gIQA6viC1L_blog.html
www.washingtonpost.com
Last year, a prominent critic of global warming claims decided to reanalyze the data. To his surprise, the data held up.

Global warming study finds no grounds for climate sceptics' concerns www.guardian.co.uk

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/oct/20/global-warming-study-climate-sceptics
www.guardian.co.uk
Independent investigation of the key issues sceptics claim can skew global warming figures reports that they have no real effect

By 2060 Half a Billion People Will Be Trapped Amid Climate Change, Study Warns http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/2...

10.19.2011

Late Night: Jon Stewart: Republicans don't like most Americans latimesblogs.latimes.com

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2011/10/late-night-jon-stewart-republicans-dont-like-most-americans.html?track=lat-pick
latimesblogs.latimes.com
Jon Stewart: On "The Daily Show," Jon Stewart wonders how Republicans can "love America so much but hate almost three-quarters of the people living in it."

D85+42 'Health-Going-Critical Approached? Kill Carbon Fast update.' SL


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Wallets will soon feel effect of climate change www.vancouversun.com

http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Wallets+will+soon+feel+effect+climate+change/5572296/story.html
www.vancouversun.com
Higher costs for city water, rising home-insurance rates as sea levels rise, and programs to encourage people to leave their fossil-fuel-burning cars at home were cited Tuesday as ways that climate change is, or soon will be, hitting home for B.C. residents.

The U.S. Could Get 120+% of Power From Solar Transmission Line and Highway land thinkprogress.org

http://thinkprogress.org/romm/2011/10/18/346974/solar-transmission-lines/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+climateprogress%2FlCrX+%28Climate+Progress%29
thinkprogress.org
by John Farrell What if the U.S. could get 20 percent of its power from solar near transmission lines without covering virgin desert? It could. Transmission right-of-way corridors, vast swaths of vegetation-free landscape to protect high-voltage power lines, could provide enough space for over 600,0...

Major investors seek new carbon emissions treaty www.google.com

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i1mQb4r-v6t3epq3-JphpBB0hfwA?docId=6f13aa5704514dbfb4928ef5401c0707
www.google.com
By JOHN HEILPRIN, Associated Press – 4 hours ago if (gbar.lPWF) { gbar.lPWF(function() { gapi.plusone.render('plusone-div', { "size" : "small", "count" : "true", ...

Irish firms start to see fiscal benefits of carbon reporting

Irish business leaders are starting to put sustainability and carbon reporting at the core of their business-planning strategies, recognising both the challenges and the opportunities arising from climate change and emissions reduction strategies. That’s according to the latest Carbon Disclosure Pro...

10.18.2011

Evidence Builds That Scientists Underplay Climate Impacts thinkprogress.org

http://thinkprogress.org/romm/2011/10/18/346333/evidence-builds-that-scientists-underplay-climate-impacts/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+climateprogress%2FlCrX+%28Climate+Progress%29
thinkprogress.org
Far from being “alarmist,” predictions from climate scientists in many cases are proving to be more conservative than observed climate-induced impacts. The observed rate of Arctic ice loss exceeds the projections of all IPCC climate models — by NSIDC scientist Julienne Stroeve updated through 2011 (...

Five Ways Your Bible Translation Distorts the Original Meaning of the Text www.huffingtonpost.com

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-joel-hoffman/five-ways-your-bible-tran_b_1007058.html
www.huffingtonpost.com
Unfortunately, etymology, internal structure, and cognates are the three pillars of Bible translation. And with them, the power of history and a focus on the wrong parts of metaphor degrade all English Bibles even more.

Group says Tibetan set herself on fire in protest www.google.com

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5htN_oXW7iFQ-QpNUMFfS2kyOYVvA?docId=025b0c27481a49baa3c05fea6c6e816e
www.google.com
By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN, Associated Press – 49 minutes ago if (gbar.lPWF) { gbar.lPWF(function() { gapi.plusone.render('plusone-div', { "size" : "small", "count" : "...

10.17.2011

Norman Morrison - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia en.wikipedia.org

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Morrison
en.wikipedia.org
Norman Morrison (December 29, 1933 - November 2, 1965), born in Erie, Pennsylvania, was a Baltimore Quaker best known for committing suicide at age 31 in an act of self-immolation to protest United States involvement in the Vietnam War.

Climate 'grave' security threat www.bbc.co.uk

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15342682
www.bbc.co.uk
Climate change poses "an immediate, growing and grave threat" to health and security around the world, according to an expert conference in London.