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Fri, 25 Dec 2009 02:48:56 -0800

Fake 'kid in a kit' excuses workers for leaving early - Springwise

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Fri, 25 Dec 2009 00:55:47 -0800

flushing out the pretend sceptics
As we've noted here before, the problem with most climate change "sceptics" isn't that they are sceptical, which is a perfectly fine thing to be, but that they're disingenuous; they pretend to scepticism whilst being, on the whole,...
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Fri, 25 Dec 2009 00:35:25 -0800

Citigroup Does The Impossible: It Screws US Taxpayers AGAIN (C)
The nausea we feel with respect to Citigroup (C) and our Treasury Secretary just hit a new high. Perhaps it's true that civilization would have ended if we had just allowed Sandy Weill's colossal junk pile to finish blowing itself up. But at...
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n2teaching posted a blog entry

Thu, 24 Dec 2009 20:43:19 -0800

Bob Zenhausern commented on Bob Zenhausern's blog post 'The Lost Generation'
Bob Zenhausern commented on Bob Zenhausern's blog post 'The Lost Generation'I am not sure this is exactly the same thing,...
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Thu, 24 Dec 2009 20:18:51 -0800

YU-Lin Lai added a discussion
YU-Lin Lai added a discussionE-mail Interviewee Needed!Hi: I am currently conducting a research concerning with teachers'...
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Thu, 24 Dec 2009 20:13:16 -0800

Researchers Create First Functional Molecular Transistor
Nearly 62 years after researchers at Bell Labs demonstrated the first silicon transistor, scientists say they have created a functional molecular transistor that could help computing move to the next level.
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Thu, 24 Dec 2009 20:08:53 -0800

“Jane Hamsher, Grover Norquist Call for Rahm Emanuel’s Resignation”
Yves here. This is a cross post from Jane Hamsher at FireDogLake. The fact that Jane and Grover Norquist are on the same page is noteworthy. More important, they call for an investigation (hear, hear!) and below the text of a letter to the Attorney...
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n2teaching posted a blog entry

Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:52:29 -0800

cherry Green added 2 discussions
cherry Green added 2 discussionsWhat's your new year's resolution?Merry Christmas to all
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Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:29:05 -0800

Donna Murdoch replied to cherry Green's discussion 'How to insert flash animation to ppt?'
Donna Murdoch replied to cherry Green's discussion 'How to insert flash animation to ppt?'Have you tried Sliderocket? PPT...
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Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:05:27 -0800

cprofitt commented on Bob Zenhausern's blog post 'The Lost Generation'
cprofitt commented on Bob Zenhausern's blog post 'The Lost Generation'I am glad that others realize that this 'new'...
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charles.frith posted a tweet

Thu, 24 Dec 2009 15:21:25 -0800

RT @Robertc1970: No Raleigh Grifter for Christmas. The day is ruined.
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Thu, 24 Dec 2009 12:32:41 -0800

Looking for Life in the Multiverse: Scientific American

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Thu, 24 Dec 2009 11:27:57 -0800

Another form of prostitution
If you’ve visited the observatory on the 89th floor of the Taipei 101 building recently, you’ll notice that in order to go down again, you have to walk through an entire floor of shops selling jewelry, coral, jade and so on. All this wasn’t there...
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Thu, 24 Dec 2009 10:43:21 -0800

Happy Holidays Foodwishers!
I want to wish all of you and your families a very happy holiday and fantastic New Year! I can't thank you enough for visiting...
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Thu, 24 Dec 2009 07:37:07 -0800

Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com
As I documented back in May, a Nexis search of media outlets finds that "Roxana Saberi" -- the American journalist detained for three months by Iran and then quickly given a trial and appeal -- was mentioned 2,201 times during the first two...
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Thu, 24 Dec 2009 07:33:29 -0800

The NYT's view of "journalistic objectivity"
(updated below) I've written many times before about Sami al-Hajj, the Al Jazeera cameraman who was abducted by the U.S. in late 2001, tortured at Bagram, sent to Guantanamo for seven years -- where he was never charged with any crime and was...
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Thu, 24 Dec 2009 07:21:05 -0800

Randall L. Schweller appears does cod entropy http://bit.ly/6Ya2WV (Schwell out of order)
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Thu, 24 Dec 2009 05:40:11 -0800

RT @tim: RT @gemgemmy Brilliant! RT @Dothegreenthing comedian Marcus Brigstocke-Cop15 review in the style of Dr. Seuss: http://bit.ly/5WaVwc
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Thu, 24 Dec 2009 05:27:57 -0800

My Trend Predictions For 2010
Seriously. Those are my predictions.
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Thu, 24 Dec 2009 05:20:16 -0800

RT @AJEnglish: US senate passes healthcare bill: Christmas Eve vote comes after months of political wrangling. http://tinyurl.com/ycmxjvl
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Thu, 24 Dec 2009 05:06:08 -0800

Insurgents Intercepting Predator Video? No Problem
The next generation Predators, called Reapers -- Who names this stuff? Second-grade boys?
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Thu, 24 Dec 2009 05:05:00 -0800

Crackunit Predictions
Iain's done the only predictions for digital in 2010 that has wetted my appetite.Thanks for subscribing. I mean that. cfx ...
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Thu, 24 Dec 2009 04:18:01 -0800

New Scientist’s Best Science Books
A quick scrape of New Scientist’s best science books of the year. I’ll add links as I get time, but here is the list of books: Catching Fire: How cooking made us human The Natural History of Unicorns Darwin's Sacred Cause ...
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Thu, 24 Dec 2009 02:23:56 -0800

A Lovely Wonderful Connected Infinite Distraction Machine http://bit.ly/5peyaO
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Thu, 24 Dec 2009 02:20:53 -0800

A Lovely Wonderful Connected Infinite Distraction Machine
I just looked at what I was doing and realised that my work was actually all being done on bits of paper. And the computer was really just a big connected distraction machine. A lovely wonderful connected infinite distraction machine. Maybe the...
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