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May 31, 2009
A true hero for women's rights and lives was murdered today. Dr. George Tiller, who endured countless threats, an assassination attempt, bombings and assaults on his clinic, and many legal challenges by anti-abortion extremists was murdered in his church by such an extremist today. I...
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George Tiller was a physician who performed late term abortions. Apparently, this bothered someone enough that he was gunned down earlier today in church. A 51 year old white male has been apprehended in connection with this murder. There are some details here. This is...
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Category: Carnivals
... is here. ... a monthly compilation of posts that are just good stuff. .. your best writing--writing being the key word here. Enjoy....
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repost Cute baby lions. When they grow up, they will want to eat you. I'll never forget the first wild lion I ever saw. It was a pitch black night, on the savanna in the Western Rift Valley. I had climbed on top of the...
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Quo Computer plans to open its first retail location, selling Mac clones, on June 1. ..."It's exciting. We are trying to stay as close to Apple as we can with our products," Rashantha De Silva, Quo founder, told CNET News. "We are trying to mimic...
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Category: Republicans
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Category: LHC
Sometime this fall or early winter, they are going to turn the Large Hadron Collider back on. It may run for several minutes or hours and then break down again. In fact, expect that. This is a huge machine the like of which have never...
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Category: Technology
... and Ars has a look at it. The latest alpha build of Chromium provides basic browsing functionality and a few of Chrome's other features. I was able to load pages, open new tabs and windows, use the browser's full-page zoom, download files, view and...
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Category: Republicans
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Category: bio-blitz
May 31 - June 3, 2009 What's this all about? Every species has a geographic distribution, and these are changing rapidly due to climate change and other factors. In fact, the environment is changing faster than professional scientists can monitor it, and the only way...
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Category: Religion
Scientific Quotations Famous Dead Nontheists The Skeptics Dictionary Evil Clown Generator...
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There is a very interesting discussion going on at Sandwalk regarding adaptationism vs. ... whatever that other thing is that Larry believes in. But seriously, it is a very interesting discussion that is shaping up as a debate between John Hawks, who wrote a post...
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Category: Republicans
Somebody's got to put the Cheney's back in the bottle! Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy One thing is missing in this report, and Rachel, if you're reading this, maybe you can address it. Why does Liz Cheney get...
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Note: Michele Bachmann is in this one: Hat Tip: Dump Bachmann...
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May 30, 2009
Category: Linux
This is a repost of a review that is timely, given this week's focus on setting up your Linux server and changing all your computers over to Linux and so on. Time for another installment of our look at the book Learning the bash Shell...
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One of the authors of Ice Ages: Solving the Mystery (John) himself, Shackleton himself, and Emiliani himself were ushered into the building past the graduate students, the guards, and the members of the public who wandered the halls of the museum blissfully unaware that the...
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Category: Technology
I swear, you are all a bunch of pod people, you consumers. You take whatever crap is dished out, and pay extra for it. When the DVD was produced to replace the tape (VHS) there was a significant down grade in performance in every single...
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Category: Birds
My car was parked a block away owing to the plethora of construction equipment and dumpsters around the house. On my way over, I was looking at the storm clouds coming in and wondering what kind of weather we would have tonight, when I noticed...
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Category: Cat
Katz: Dawg: OK, so the Dawg obvoiusly wins. Let's give the katz one more chance:...
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Category: Technology
The dust-up regarding Asus corp and Windows, recently discussed here, is definitely a (well-enough executed) hoax, acording to JH at Linux in Exile: I got burned this week; I actually believed the hoax that ASUS and Microsoft teamed up, and that an Asus.co.uk page was...
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Category: Atheism
Bart Ehrman is a scholar of The Bible and has published popular works at a rapid clip on the subjects of theodicy and the literary history of the books some refer to as "Scripture." He was an evangelical who believed that The Episcopalian Church in...
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Category: Religion
The Source is a novel by James A. Michener. It is actually a fun novel to read if you have any interest in the history of the middle east. One of the themes in the novel is the relationship between god and humans. In the...
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Category: Framing Science
Randy Olson is a film maker and marine biologist who has focused in recent years on the critique of science communication. You may know him from his documentary work on the sexual practices of barnacles, the evolution-creation debate, or global warming. Randy is coming out...
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May 29, 2009
If you think this is funny have a look at this. Hat Tip: James F....
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Category: Linux
This is a repost of a review that is timely, given this week's focus on setting up your Linux server and changing all your computers over to Linux and so on. I started this discussion a while back, and now it is time to continue...
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Category: Technology
From the BBC: Genetically modified primates that glow green and pass the trait on to their offspring could aid the fight against human disease. They will also be easier to find when they escape. Though primates that make a glowing protein have been created before,...
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Category: Health
Danny Hauser, 13 year old shaman with cancer, recently returned from foray from the courts with his mother, now in treatment, had a web site dedicated to raising money for his 'treatment' (seemingly for the CAM part of his treatment ... he is otherwise covered...
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Category: Technology
Following on this earlier post, here are links to on line resources that would aid in building, configuring, and using a Linux based computer. Hardware: The 800 dollar killer PC. This is a "gaming" PC, but this set of guidelines is more broadly useful than...
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Diversity and Conflict We don't like conflict. We try to avoid it instead of learning how to engage in it appropriately and productively, and the end result of our incompetence is horrendous enough to fully reinforce our avoidance. Read it here....
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It turns out waterboarding is torture after all, as brought to us by Colloquy....
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Category: Cat
Winged kitty cats are not unheard of in China, but a new alate feline is always news. The winged cats can not fly, of course, or you would have heard about them before. They would be like these flying killer sharks. Scientists have narrowed down...
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Category: Technology
... or so it would seem.... UPDATE: Or, this could be a fake. See comments. The Asus PC Eee PC was designed specifically to run LInux. The idea is in part to make a very inexpensive globally (more or less) accessable open source system so...
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Category: Carnivals
The I and the Bird Carnival is now soaring at Living the Scientific Life. Please visit I and the Bird, 101th The Carnival of Space 104.5 has launched at the Bat Page....
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May 28, 2009
Category: Mars
NASA researchers is now reporting in the May 21st issue of Nature that water could remain liquid at sub-freezing temperatures if made stable against freezing by containing dissolved minerals. From the abstract: Many features of the Martian landscape are thought to have been formed by...
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Rhoda nearly dropped out from school in 2005 as her friends used to laugh at her in class due to her poor performance. Most of the days, Rhoda could not do her home work because she had no time, as she spent most of her...
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Last time I looked here, there was a content, but small and thinly scattered group of chimpanzees. Then there was a big noise last night and this morning an entirely new troop has arrived at this location on the internet and taken over! On further...
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Category: Blogospherics
Roole Number 14: "Men cannot stand stupid perfunctory women." ... follow the links (or not) at Muse in Vivo. Categorizing ideas and humans by Razib The human ability to engage in Meta-Representation is one of the hallmarks of our species. We can analyze abstract ideas,...
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Category: Linux
This is a repost of a review that is timely, given this week's focus on setting up your Linux server and changing all your computers over to Linux and so on. For the most part, computer operating systems all have a "shell." When people talk...
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How to knock out your children: Use PediSedate. PediSedate is a medical device consisting of a colorful, toy-like headset that connects to a game component such as the Nintendo Game Boy system or a portable CD player. Once the child places it on his or...
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Diarrhea: The Unfashionable Disease Ever hear about the World Concert for Diarrhea? Or the Celebrity Chefs Fundraiser for Diarrhea? Diarrhea just isn't a disease that gets rallied for. It's hard to understand that diarrhea can kill you. In the USA, it is an inconvenience. In...
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Category: Religion
"When I first looked at it I wasn't sure, but when I moved it away from me it started coming out. I thought Christ, yeah, she's right - that's the image of Jesus. "The kids are still eating it, but we kept the lid." source...
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Category: Atheism
Catholics are trained to steal away into closets or back rooms with any babies that happen to be left around, so they can be secretly baptized. You did know this, right? It is true. If you take your baby to a day care provider, check...
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... during its design ... the ship became known as "Godzilla-maru", so unusual and top-heavy were its projected lines. "We started planning the Chikyu about 15 years ago, and there were some people who thought we were too ambitious," he recalled. "But now we can...
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May 27, 2009
A person once told me that I was exactly the same thing as Adolph Hitler. That was a crazy person who also thought that I had special x-ray vision enabling me to see deep into the earth. But no one has ever. ever called me...
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Category: Blogging
The blog 3QD will start to award four annual blog prizes, and the first prize is open for nominations now. I believe nomination will be accepted until midnight on June 1st, so get over there now and enter your choices. ...the first place award will...
Posted by Greg Laden at 6:38 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Technology
Why would you want to install Ubuntu as a "server" rather than as a desktop? The simple answer is: If you need to ask, you don't want to do it. But, there is a more nuanced answer as well: By installing a server, you get...
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Category: Homeschooling
Regarding home schooling mom Vanessa Mills, of Wake County, NC, USA: ...Mills ... grew alienated from her husband and parents after joining a religious group that some former members call a cult, the judge in the case said Tuesday... ...Judge Ned Mangum ruled March 6...
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Category: Creationism
Eugenie Scott, head of the National Center for Science Education, has been awarded the Stephen Jay Gould Prize. From the press release:...
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Two years ago, I attended my best friend's wedding. I made the cake. When I got married a year earlier, she was my best man. Last Sunday, a bunch of people were going on and on about my cakes (I make about one every two...
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