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Missing Woman Found Dead In Police Employees' Parking Space
via LAist by Elise Thompson on February 19, 2008
Photo provided to the press by the family of Eileen OrtaFor the second time in two months, police and rescue workers overlooked a woman's dead body in a vehicle that was in their possession.The Pomona Police Department announced today that the body of 22 year-old Eileen Orta was discovered inside of her van on Friday. Police initially summoned the Orta family to remove the illegally parked...
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Life Without the Moon
via Damn Interesting by Jason Bellows on February 19, 2008
Life is a tenuous thing. Earth is just within Sol's habitable zone, and constantly pelted with solar radiation and cosmic rays. Rocky scraps of cosmic afterbirth constantly cross Earth’s orbit, threatening to eradicate all terrestrial life. In point of fact, it is almost certain that countless Extinction-Level Events would have sterilized the surface of our plucky planet had it not been...
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Total lunar eclipse Wednesday night - last until 2010
via Science Blog - by BJS on February 19, 2008
In the late night hours of Feb. 20, 2008, a total lunar eclipse will dazzle the night sky. And this lunar eclipse may be worth staying up for, because it will be the last one until December 2010.read more
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Some Pictures of Chicago [Deep Sea News]
via ScienceBlogs : Combined Feed by CR McClain none@example.com on February 18, 2008
Back from Chicago and all I have to say is that one of these guys really knows how to show me a good time. Thanks go to David Jablonski and Sue Kidwell for hosting me, the cuter of the Bleimann brothers for drinks and entertainment, Janet Voight for conversation and entry into the Field Museum, and George Parsons for a tour around the Shedd. Pictures are below the fold. Read the rest of this...
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Mommy, I'm Scared! [Dispatches from the Culture Wars]
via ScienceBlogs : Combined Feed by Ed Brayton none@example.com on February 17, 2008
Go on, admit it; you're scared. The House of Representatives didn't pass an extension of the law allowing Bush to wiretap American citizens without a warrant and now the terrorists are going to kill us all. John McCain is railing against the Democrats over it - the same John McCain who has spent his entire political life speaking out against torture but voted not to ban waterboarding the...
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Animal Minds [The Frontal Cortex]
via ScienceBlogs : Combined Feed by Jonah Lehrer none@example.com on February 18, 2008
There's a nice overview of recent work on animal cognition in the latest National Geographic.Certain skills are considered key signs of higher mental abilities: good memory, a grasp of grammar and symbols, self-awareness, understanding others' motives, imitating others, and being creative. Bit by bit, in ingenious experiments, researchers have documented these talents in other species,...
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Presidential Medicine: Andrew Jackson [Pure Pedantry]
via ScienceBlogs : Combined Feed by Jake Young none@example.com on February 18, 2008
In honor of President's day I have some interesting Presidential pathology to present. I want to talk about Andrew Jackson and his myriad of diseases.To say that Andrew Jackson had medical problems would be the understatement of the century. Starting with a head wound sustained while a prisoner during the Revolutionary War -- he was only 13 at the time, Jackson's entire life was spent...
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I Officially Know Stuff
via cephyn by cephyn on February 18, 2008
Sure, I can say I know things, but when it comes to PHP I now have proof - I am a Zend Certified Engineer. I spent most of my free time last week studying and taking practice tests. I did well on them, but I was still nervous going into the exam. I think that was because the practice tests don’t really tell you much - you don’t know what you got right or wrong, just if you passed the test or...
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Americans aren't just dumb -- we're proud of it.
via reddit.com: what's new online by (author unknown) on February 18, 2008
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Youtube Gem: Best Wedding Dance Ever [Dispatches from the Culture Wars]
via ScienceBlogs : Combined Feed by Ed Brayton none@example.com on February 16, 2008
Someone showed me this youtube clip and it's absolutely hilarious. This is a couple with a sense of humor - and not bad dancers either. Video below the fold:Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post...
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