?People are dying in Haiti because they can?t get out,? Dr. Green said.

United States government agencies in Haiti, however, said they were working with aid groups in trying to expand capacity at both the United States Navy hospital ship Comfort, docked offshore, and at facilities throughout the country that were not damaged. Only the most critically ill are being airlifted.

According to the White House, there have been 435 earthquake patients airlifted to the United States, 18,500 patients treated by Health and Human Services personnel on the ground in Haiti, and 19,000 patients treated at the Comfort, with 635 patients currently there.

Mr. Ivey said that the Florida Department of Health reported the state?s hospitals had treated 526 people: 413 in South Florida, 76 in the Orlando area and 37 in the Tampa area.

Everyone knows that if a dogs ears are up and its tail is wagging vigorously, it is definitely pleased to see you.

Now, scientists using a robot have found that the way dogs use their tails is more subtle than we thought and that dogs that wag them to the left may be more friendly.

The animal psychologists discovered that when real dogs approached a life-sized black Labrador with a mechanical tail, they were less wary of it when it was wagging its tail on the left side of its body.

When the robots tale wagged to the right side, far fewer dogs approached it in a confident manner.

In the experiments, the researchers used a model with black synthetic fur covering a wire-framed body.

A small motor allowed the tail to be manipulated by a hand-held remote control.

More than 500 dogs were filmed as they approached the model in a public park.

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Go Daddy Donates $500,000 to Haiti Relief

Domain registrar Go Daddy is donating $500,000 to help victims of yesterday?s magnitude 7.0 earthquake in Haiti, which has caused catastrophic death and damage. ?The moment we saw the news, we knew we had to help,? CEO and Founder Bob Parsons said. ?This devastating earthquake killed thousands and thousands of people and conditions for survivors are deplorable. Those of us not affected by this disaster need to step up ? we at Go Daddy feel it?s our duty to lead the way.?

Go Daddy, which is also one of the world?s largest web hosting companies, sent a check for $500,000 to Hope for Haiti, an organization focusing on education, nutrition and healthcare. ?We?re overwhelmed by Go Daddy?s quick response and generous contribution,? said Hope for Haiti Executive Director Elizabeth Davison. ?We plan to use this money to help rebuild the hospital and the orphanage in Port-au-Prince.?

Escaped Criminals Raping, Running Wild in Haiti

With prisons empty, outlaws abound in Port-au-Prince

(Newser) ? Police believe horrific crimes are becoming commonplace in Haiti?s tent cities, as prisoners who escaped during the quake prey on survivors. ?Bandits are taking advantage to harass and rape women and young girls under the tents,? Haiti?s police chief tells the Times of London. The earthquake destroyed the country?s main prison, and the chief says about 7,000 inmates escaped. ?It took us five years to apprehend them. Today they are running wild.?

It?s unclear how common rapes are, but women?s organizations have received numerous cases reported. Even before the quake, the country had just 8,000 police officers, and many have died. The UN?s human rights chief warned yesterday that gangs and child traffickers were taking advantage of reduced security, and that several children have gone missing from Haitian hospitals.

Education Secretary Duncan?s new reform proposal: Hurricanes!

File under: Can you imagine if a Republican Education Secretary said this?

Via the Washington Post, Education Secretary Arne Duncan makes a clumsy attempt at pointing out that there was an educational silver lining to the catastrophic hurricane that devastated New Orleans.

Education Secretary Arne Duncan called Hurricane Katrina ?the best thing that happened to the education system in New Orleans? because it forced the community to take steps to improve low-performing public schools, according to excerpts from a television interview made public Friday.

Duncan?s interview on ?Washington Watch With Roland Martin? was scheduled to air Sunday on TV One.

The excerpts quoted an exchange between Duncan and Martin about the effect of the 2005 hurricane on the city?s schools.

There Was the Presidents Speech, and There Is Reality

Watching President Barack Obamas State of the Union speech makes me wonder whether the reason he tells so many fibs is that he believes them himself. Either that or he is an even better actor than he is a teleprompter reader.

Obama not only wasnt contrite about his broken promises and disastrous record; he was on the attack, daring anyone to oppose his agenda -- even in the face of the Massachusetts rebuke. But lets see how some of his statements match up with reality.

Do conservatives have better ideas? Of course. Restore market forces through tort reform, strengthening health savings accounts, abolishing government coverage mandates, allowing consumers to purchase policies across state lines and eliminating the tax laws incentivizing employer-provided health care, which unnecessarily increase demand by making prices invisible to consumers.

Boto - Pink Amazonian River Dolphin

The Amazon River Dolphin, alternately Bufeo, Bufeo Colorado, Boto, Boto Rosa, Boutu, Nay, Tonina, or Pink River Dolphin (Inia geoffrensis), is a freshwater river dolphin endemic to the Orinoco, Amazon and Araguaia/Tocantins River systems of Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela.
The largest of the river dolphins, this species is not to be confused with the Tucuxi (Sotalia fluviatilis), whose range overlaps that of theAmazon River Dolphin but is not a true river dolphin. The neck vertebrae of the Amazon River Dolphin are not fused together, and therefore the Boto is able to bend its neck in a 90 degree angle to its body, and skillfully hunt fish in the flooded forest.

Americans love their shrimp. Its the most popular seafood in the country, but unfortunately much of the shrimp we eat are a cocktail of chemicals, harvested at the expense of one of the worlds productive ecosystems. Worse, guidelines for finding some kind of "sustainable shrimp" are so far nonexistent.

In his book, Bottomfeeder: How to Eat Ethically in a World of Vanishing Seafood, Taras Grescoe paints a repulsive picture of how shrimp are farmed in one region of India. The shrimp pond preparation begins with urea, superphosphate, and diesel, then progresses to the use of piscicides (fish-killing chemicals like chlorine and rotenone), pesticides and antibiotics (including some that are banned in the U.S.), and ends by treating the shrimp with sodium tripolyphosphate (a suspected neurotoxicant), Borax, and occasionally caustic soda.

Intercontinental flights in 2013 with the airport of Girona

You read that right. Apparently, Monsanto?s decades-long attempt to control the seed market -- which has led it lawsuits against small farmers and genetically modified plants that never regerminate, forcing farmers to buy seeds year after year -- is apparently just a result of their being ?too good.?

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Hawaiian Happy Face Spider

It started out harmlessly enough: an unexplained pair of booties here, an empty ? and oddly small ? beer can there?

But after continually finding various things askew after returning from long days at work, Mr. Rogers installed several security cameras around his neighborhood, never thinking he?d discover what he did:

The 3in x 6in (8cm x 15cm) knife was excavated from the Mediterranean area more than 20 years ago and was obtained by the museum in 1991.

Americans Arrested While Taking Children From Haiti

U.S. citizen in CIAs cross hairs

The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society will not be getting much rest after the Japanese whaling season ends following Operation Waltzing Matilda.

Both Sea Shepherd ships, the Steve Irwin and the Bob Barker, will head for the Mediterranean from the Southern Ocean. The objective will be to intercept and oppose the illegal operations of Bluefin tuna poachers.

?We need to bring to the attention of the international public that one of the most unique fish species in the world, the Bluefin tuna, is on the brink of extinction due to the illegal fisheries driven by Japan?s insatiable demand for this expensive fish,? says Sea Shepherd Founder and President Captain Paul Watson.

Two weeks ago a single Bluefin tuna sold to Japan for £111,000.

The Mediterranean tuna industry, which is supported by tens of millions of Euros in subsidies, has driven the Bluefin to the brink of extinction. Populations are within three years of total collapse.

Democratic Candidates for Gov. Faceoff over Gay Marriage

The candidates ? appearing before a convention of progressives near Harrisburg ? were evenly split on the issue of gay marriage. Scranton Mayor Chris Doherty:

?As the only one here who actually performs weddings, I don?t have a problem with same sex marriage.?  [cheers]

Montgomery County commissioner Joe Hoeffel addressed those who object for religious reasons:

?Frankly, in the eyes of God we are all equal.?

Those opposed sought to bolster their credentials on gay issues. Allegheny County executive Dan Onorato:

?I pushed and got passed a bill that we don?t discriminate in Allegheny County.?

Auditor general Jack Wagner says as a state Senator, he introduced a bill to add ?sexual orientation? to the Human Relations Act.:

?Still today, that has not been passed in state government and, as governor, I will make sure it?s passed.?
 

A Farming Model to Sustain the World

Ten years from now, in 2020, when we try to look back, Indian agriculture can be transformed into a healthy and vibrant system where farmer suicides have been relegated to history, where distress and despondency has been replaced by the lost pride in farming, where agriculture becomes sustainable in the long run, and does not add on to global warming.

As we enter 2010, the script for a futuristic agriculture, which brings back the smile on the face of farmers, without leaving any scar on the environment, is being rewritten.

What began as a small initiative some six years back in a non-descript village in Khamam district, has now spread to over 2 million acres in 21 districts of Andhra Pradesh. I remember when I first talked about the miracle brought about in village Pannukula in Andhra Pradesh, many thought I was simply trying to romanticise agriculture. How farming can be done without the use of chemical pesticides, I was repeatedly asked.

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GENETICALLY modified crops are everywhere, it seems - even in Europe. Strict laws designed to keep the European Union free of unauthorised GM crops and products are not working, and are posing problems for the EUs ?150 billion livestock industry, according to farmers representatives. They say that supplies of animal feed for poultry and pigs are being refused entry at European ports when found to contain even trace amounts of unauthorised GM material.

Under Europes "zero-tolerance" laws on GM contamination, introduced in 2007, the presence of even a few seeds of unauthorised GM material will rule out an entire shipment. The animal feed industry says that the laws are unworkable because GM material is almost ubiquitous, given todays global supply chain.

Increasing numbers of GM crop varieties are on the way. At present, around 30 varieties are grown around the world, but that is predicted to quadruple by 2015, making screening trickier than ever.

The most important step is a realization that life is better when you move at a slower, more relaxed pace, instead of hurrying and rushing and trying to cram too much into every day. Instead, get the most out of every moment.

Is a book better if you speed read it, or if you take your time and get lost in it?

Is a song better if you skim through it, or if you take the time to really listen?

Is food better if you cram it down your throat, or if you savor every bite and really appreciate the flavor?

Is your work better if you?re trying to do 10 things at once, or if you really pour yourself into one important task?

Is your time spent with a friend or loved one better if you have a rushed meeting interrupted by your emails and text messages, or if you can relax and really focus on the person?

Life as a whole is better if you go slowly, and take the time to savor it, appreciate every moment. That?s the simplest reason to slow down.

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Holy Kaw! All the topics that interest us

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70% of employers have rejected job applicants over internet behavior

If all of your drunken weekend shenanigans end up splashed all over Facebook or you have a penchant for tweeting your weekly streaking schedule, the time may have arrived for you to clean up your online persona.

A new survey from Microsoft reveals that 70 percent of HR workers admitted to rejecting a job applicant based solely on his or her online info. On the flip side, 60 percent of internet users surveyed claimed they were concerned that their internet behavior could affect their professional lives. Although, despite the expressed concern, only 15 percent of them actually thought about the possible repercussions when posting content.

Sissel Kyrkjebo - You raise me up

The 222-page document, which will be presented at a forthcoming meeting of the UN Human Rights Council, is the result of several years of investigation, and notes that secret detention is "a manifold human rights violation that cannot be justified under any circumstances".

A DAY on the tools just got a whole lot sweeter for the nations tradesmen, thanks to a new range of smart clothing that combats body odour. The workwear, by Australian company King Gee, uses nanotechnology to absorb body odour.

The fabric is apparently so intelligent it can also differentiate between a bad smell and a good one; it will absorb your body odour but not your deodorant or aftershave.

While King Gees range of smart shorts, shirts and trousers will be a godsend for tradies, it also marks a new direction for the clothing industry in general, which could soon be offering socks that mend themselves, trousers that can power your iPod and luminous sleepwear you can read by.

Already the multibillion-dollar intelligent clothing industry, which incorporates smart fabrics and nanofibres as well as wearable technology, has produced hundreds of smart-garment designs.

THE United States has approved $US6.4 billion ($A7.2 billion) in weapons for Taiwan to help counter Chinas growing military, prompting Beijing to warn of serious consequences.

The arms package, approved on Friday, includes Patriot missiles, Black Hawk helicopters and communications equipment for Taiwans F-16 fleet. But it did not include new fighter aircraft, which had been part of Taipeis wish list.

The sale marks the most divisive act towards China by US President Barack Obama, whose first year was devoted to strengthening ties with Beijing despite discord on areas such as trade, human rights, internet censorship and climate change.

This is a clear demonstration of the commitment that this Administration has to provide Taiwan the defensive weapons it needs, State Department spokesman Philip Crowley said.

We think that this action is consistent with the US one-China policy ? and contributes to maintaining security and stability across the Taiwan Strait, he said.

"There is organ trafficking for children and other persons also, because they need all types of organs," Bellerive said in an exclusive interview with CNNs Christiane Amanpour.

He did not give specifics, but asked by Amanpour if there is trafficking of children, Bellerive said, "The reports I received say yes."

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For makers of the swine flu vaccine, 2009 was a year to remember. By June, CSL Limiteds annual profits had risen 63 percent above 2008 levels. GlaxoSmithKines 2009 earnings spiked 30 percent in the third quarter alone, to $2.19 billion. And Roche made a stunning 12 times more money in the second quarter of 2009 than of 2009. But in 2010, drug companies may get their comeuppance.

Why Pig Flu Didnt Fly: the full story

Honda has developed a hydrogen re-filling station for the home - and it?s solar-powered.

Body found buried under newly-laid concrete believed to be missing £19.3million lottery winner

A body found buried in fresh concrete at a home in Florida may be that of missing lottery winner Abraham Shakespeare.

The 43-year-old has been missing since April last year, after becoming embroiled in a bitter legal battle over the £19.3million jackpot.

Today, police made the discovery after a tip-off, which suggested officers would find human remains near a home in Plant City where new concrete had been laid.

Hillsborough County Sheriff David Gee said the body was slowly being uncovered.

Shakespearian tragedy: Lottery jackpot Abraham Shakespeare, who has disappeared. Police believe a body found buried under newly-laid concrete at a Florida home may be him

He added their investigation and information specifically led them to the area after they began to believe Shakespeare might be dead because of ?sinister means and motives?.

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When people talk behind your back, what does it mean??

Simple! It means that you are two steps ahead of them!!

So, keep moving ahead in Life!!

RUSSIA conducted a successful test flight of a highly secretive stealth fighter on Friday.

The maiden flight, praised by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, is part of a rearmament program that has been initiated despite Russias pledge to significantly cut its nuclear arsenal.

Mr Putin said he wanted the first batch of T-50 stealth fighters to be in service by 2013. The fighter will be the first all-new military aircraft Russia has built since the collapse of the Soviet Union nearly two decades ago.

Russian aviation and air force officials boasted that the plane would equal if not better Americas F-22 Raptor stealth fighter.

Experts believe the development of the T-50 underlines the Kremlins determination to overhaul its ageing military hardware even as it is in nuclear arms reductions talks with the US.

Around 10,000 frightened visitors have been evacuated from a zoo in north-eastern India when two Bengal tigers slinked out of their cage to mingle with the crowd, officials have said.

The tigers opened the door to the iron enclosures and sneaked out while keepers disinfected the cage at the zoo in Guwahati, the main city in the state of Assam.

"Fortunately the two cats remained inside the zoo complex and did not try to venture out in the streets," zoo warden Narayan Mahanta said.

"We immediately evacuated the visitors and tried to locate the cats before tranquillising one of them relaxing by the side of a pool inside the zoo," he added.

The second tiger was tranquillised shortly after.

None of the estimated 10,000 visitors was injured but many ran for their lives upon seeing the tigers stealthily walk by.

The zoo, the largest in Indias north-east, was packed with families and students on a weekend break.

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When I saw this, Murray Hill Inc. Becomes The First Corporate Person To Run For Congress.

I thought... ITS GOTTA BE A JOKE. Guess what? NO JOKE! (or is it :-?)

WHADDAYATHINK? I hope its not a joke... I would certainly like to see how our laws will handle this one. Below is the first campaign ad from a corporation-personhood who is trying to become a congressional representative for the state of Maryland in the good old UNITED CORPORATIONS OF AMERICA. Thanks again Supremos... like WE THE PEOPLE didnt have enough against us!

PS: I wonder how you would address a US Representative that is a corporation.

"Will the Republican Congressmen Bed Bath & Beyond, Dunkin Donuts, Dominos Pizza and Absolut Vodka please cast your votes on HR-F.U.C.K.T.H.E.P.E.O.P.L.E. as soon as possible. We need to go on to more important business!" thinkingblue

Behind the masks: Afro Modern at Tate Liverpool

Black Atlantic culture ? spanning Africa, the Americas and Europe ? has had a profound influence on artists, from Picasso to Chris Ofili. Fred DAguiar celebrates the power of art to debunk historical stereotypes

A detail from Isaac Julien, Cast No Shadow (Western Union Series no. 1), 2007, part of the Afro Modern exhibition at Tate Liverpool. Courtesy: Jochen Zeitz Collection Photograph: Tate

The Islamic Republic of Torture, Rape, and Murder

For more than 57 years Madurodam has been the smallest city in the Netherlands. Canals, gabled houses and all kinds of other typical Dutch scenes: the miniature city offers you the highlights of the Netherlands on a scale 1:25.

In miniature city Madurodam you will see the well-known buildings and scenes in The Netherlands replicated on a scale 1:25. The Parliament buildings of The Hague, the canal houses of Amsterdam, the Alkmaar cheese market and little trees and gardens, all replicated in minute detail. Windmills turn, ships sail and modern trains are tracersing the city on the worlds largest miniature railway.

A New Day is Dawning in America

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Tips for solo female travellers

More than ever, women are travelling on their own for business or pleasure. And while their reasons for hitting the road are often similar to those of their male counterparts, solo female travellers have very different travel concerns. From issues of safety to the specific demands and practices of diverse cultures, women travellers can run into a variety of challenges best avoided through knowledge and precautions.

8 best destinations for solo women travellers

Forewarned is Forearmed
Especially when travelling to a foreign country, it?s important to learn as much about the destination as possible. Religious or cultural beliefs can directly impact female travellers, compelling them to adapt dress and demeanour to local customs.

It?s just a simple iPhone application. But it has proven enough to trigger a raging debate in Italy. After all, the app happens to offer the full text of over 100 speeches by the country?s Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini.

?This is really a flabbergasting phenomenon,? wrote one commentator Wednesday on the online version of the daily La Reppublica, ?especially when you consider the fact that the iPhone has gained cult status for the Facebook and Web 2.0 generation. These aren?t nostalgic old people and historians of the fascist era but kids and young adults that spend time and money on the Internet and get their information from it.?

After having been released on Jan. 21, the application, known as iMussolini, has rocketed to the second-place spot ? behind a wallpaper application ? on the Italian version of iTunes.

Designer Xavier Calluaud illustrates the Urb Garden?s simple step-by-step process. Scraps of food are deposited into the worm farm, creating nutritious fertilizer. Water is added and the liquid fertilizer is delivered to the plants via a drip system. The water drains down the tank and then is pumped back up to be used with the next batch of fertilizer. As the plants grow, modular bins are easily removed for harvesting and re-potting.

Modern society suffers from a lack of intimacy with its food, and the Urb Garden is designed to tackle the separation while also getting rid of the waste caused by commercial food sources. By growing food at home, consumers utilizing an Urb Garden can reduce their use of food packaging (by not buying their produce in plastic containers) and food waste (by composting and only picking what they are eating) in one fell swoop.

WHEN, in 2001, the human genome was sequenced for the first time, we were confronted by several surprises. One was the sheer lack of genes: where we had anticipated perhaps 100,000 there were actually as few as 20,000. A bigger surprise came from analysis of the genetic sequences, which revealed that these genes made up a mere 1.5 per cent of the genome. This is dwarfed by DNA deriving from viruses, which amounts to roughly 9 per cent.

On top of that, huge chunks of the genome are made up of mysterious virus-like entities called retrotransposons, pieces of selfish DNA that appear to serve no function other than to make copies of themselves. These account for no less than 34 per cent of our genome.

All in all, the virus-like components of the human genome amount to almost half of our DNA. This would once have been dismissed as mere "junk DNA", but we now know that some of it plays a critical role in our biology. As to the origins and function of the rest, we simply do not know.

?Golden Gate Bridge, San Fransisco, CA. Beautiful shadow ,? tweeted Astronaut Soichi Noguchi along with a live image he shot from space from inside the International Space Station.

The 5 man crew comprising Expedition 22 aboard the ISS now have the capability to transmit live, unfiltered views and comments from space. And whats more is that starting on Feb. 1 they?ll be streaming live video from the outpost, orbiting some 220 miles above the earth while speeding along at 17,500 MPH.

Astronaut TJ Creamer twittered the first unassisted post only 1 week ago on Jan 22.
Yesterday afternoon (Jan 30) he tweeted about his next picture targets, ?Gonna try to take some pix of the Moon and the mesospheric clouds.?

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The most beautiful and profound emotion we can experience is the sensation of the mystical. It is the source of all true science. He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed.

Albert Einstein

When someone is impatient and says, ?I haven?t got all day,? I always wonder,

How can that be? How can you not have all day?

George Carlin

WASHINGTON ? The Obama administration is proposing a $200 million fund to help pay for security costs in cities hosting the trials of accused terrorists such as Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.

Prodigal Son

A look at Guma Aguiar, who with his uncle bankrolled a New York rabbi trying to control the standards for conversion to Judaism

While these three settings are, in our opinion, the most critical, theyre by no means the only privacy settings worth a look. In a previous article (written prior to Decembers changes, so now out-of-date), we also looked at things like who can find you via Facebooks own search, application security, and more.

Will Grammys Crown Lady Gaga New Pop Queen? (video)

Her legion of fan think she deserves nothing less, and so does a conservative business newspaper like The Wall Street Journal. Say what?

Gaga has been nominated for five awards, including record of the year, and it?s hard to see how the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, which hands out the Grammys, can deny her its top honor, if it?s based solely on the past year.

?Though she writes her own material, she is as focused on visual theatrics, fashion and global appeal as she is on the music.?

Giant George and owner Dave Nasser share a couch together: The four-year-old blue great dane, weighs a staggering 245lbs and measures almost 43ins at the shoulder

Video: iGrow - Marijuana superstore opens in Oakland

The store will sell chemicals, soil, containers, lights and kits. Basically everything you need to grow your own marijuana. They store will also include a staff of people called ?the grow squad? who can assist with questions. They will make house calls as well. A doctor will also be on the site to give examination, prescriptions and issue a legal identification card.

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Somewhere along the way, the Federal Courts and the Supreme Court have misinterpreted the U. S. Constitution. How could fifty States be wrong?

THIS IS VERY INTERESTING! The United States were founded on the principles of God, and an alliance with God. Americas founders did not intend for there to be a separation of God and state, as shown by the fact that all 50 states acknowledge God in their state constitutions or preambles:

Last week, Joe Scarborough wrote that the Tea Party movement might "tear itself apart." His evidence of this: Some squabbling over a Tea Party convention in Nashville, Tenn. Well, squabbling is normal in movement politics, particularly when people think theyre being shortchanged on money and credit. But whats really striking about the Tea Party movement isnt that theres squabbling -- its how little squabbling, overall, there has been.

?No symphony orchestra ever played music like a two-year-old girl laughing with a puppy.? Bern Williams

A more childlike attitude to behaviour such as tolerance and sharing, could, in contrast, be an indication of not being as developed, the new study suggests.

Wonder. Many shut the door on it for 51 weeks of the year. But at TED, were transported there. Perhaps by a scientist describing one of natures breathtaking surprises. An inventor unveiling a new marvel. An artist revealing her impossibly rich imagination. Or the unexpected connections among all three. From wonder comes a desire to understand -- and a thrilling sense of possibility that some call inspiration. Join us for the Rediscovery of Wonder ...

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Because children are still growing, and their lungs not fully developed, tobacco smoke is a strong irritant that can contribute to the cause of asthma and can trigger asthma attacks. Second-hand smoke exposure can do permanent damage to young lungs, researchers say.

Now a new study, published this month in Pediatrics, indicates children with asthma who are exposed to secondhand smoke on a regular basis at home can have severe sleep problems.

"The consequences of inadequate sleep in children are not trivial," states the report, developed by researchers at the Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center. "Sleep disturbances have been linked with increased behavior problems, mental health problems and poor school performance in children."

Other studies have found the regular presence of secondhand smoke limits the effectiveness of some asthma-control medicines, and is an unhealthy contributor to increased respiratory infection in young children.

The crew of a boat of Polish sea scientists who rescued a dog who?d been drifting on an ice floe for several days will be adopting him, according to news reports.

His original owners have not stepped up to claim him. Crew members are reportedly relieved.

?Even though the men are sea veterans, and hardened men, in the case of the dog they showed huge heart,? Ewa Baradziej?Krzyzankowska of the Sea Fisheries Institute told TVN 24.

?The dog will become part of the crew,? he said. ?If he withstood so many days on an ice floe, he must be a sea wolf.?

Poland?s President, Lech Kaczynski, known as a dog owner, sent the crew a letter of praise.

?Such gestures make our world a better one,? Kaczynski wrote.

The dog has been named ?Baltic,? after the sea on which he was found, and after the research vessel, the Baltica, where he will be spending his days.

Mukesh Doble and Trishul Artham note that manufacturers produce about 2.7 million tons of plastic containing BPA each year. Polycarbonate is an extremely recalcitrant plastic, used in everything from screwdriver handles to eyeglass lenses, DVDs, and CDs. Some studies have suggested that the BPA may have a range of adverse health effects, sparking the search for an environmentally safe way of disposing of waste plastic to avoid release of BPA.

The scientists pretreated polycarbonate with ultraviolet light and heat and exposed it to three kinds of fungi ? including the fabled white-rot fungus, used commercially for environmental remediation of the toughest pollutants. The scientists found that fungi grew better on pretreated plastic, using its BPA and other ingredients as a source of energy and breaking down the plastic.

After 12 months, there was almost no decomposition of the untreated plastic, compared to substantial decomposition of the pretreated plastic, with no release of BPA.

A: Let?s face an unpleasant truth: Many rose varieties are high maintenance ? and fungal diseases are among the most common problems.

It may be helpful for you to recognize conditions that cause fungal diseases. Different types of fungus, for instance, cause black spot, rust and downy mildew, and all of them multiply on damp leaves. These diseases will be more prevalent in coastal areas than further inland. Powdery mildew, however, occurs in warm inland climates.

Fungal spores are spread by splashing of water ? therefore, consider an on-the-ground watering system, rather than sprinklers. If you must sprinkle, do it early in the day, so leaves have the opportunity to dry. Some of these fungal diseases will be splashed up onto young growth when it rains.

Nobody spoke above a whisper as we waited for the first glimpse in half a century of one of the worlds most extraordinary gems.

The Wittelsbach-Graff Diamond was last seen in public at the 1958 World Exhibition in Brussels. After that, it disappeared and its whereabouts remained a mystery until Laurence Graff, a billionaire diamond dealer, bought it at auction in 2008, appending his surname.

He and his son Francois were in the gallery of the Smithsonians National Museum of Natural History in Washington DC as the blue stone, was brought up from a secret vault and finally revealed.

Flawless beauty

"Its probably the most famous diamond the world has never seen," said Jeffrey Post, curator of the Smithsonian National Gem Collection. "Its always been lurking out there - but weve never seen it."

Pro-abort blogger Jenna Henry Hansen at the Huffington Post is typical of many in her dwindling tribe who feel the need to add this caveat when discussing abortion:

Every time I discuss abortion I find it necessary to mention that pro-choice does not mean pro-abortion. A person identifying her or his self as pro-choice supports a woman?s right to choose whether or not to be a parent at that time.

Were that statement actually true, a pro-abort would spend 50% of his or her time supporting the sanctity of preborn human life and 50% supporting the killing of preborn human life.

Of course, that?s not what happens. And I don?t know why pro-aborts are so defensive about it. Abortion kills a blob of tissue at worst or a parasite at best, so they say; big deal. The fact is that pro-aborts abhor any and all support of preborn human life.  That includes conversations? for even 30 seconds.

He is the climate change chief whose research body produced a report warning that the glaciers in the Himalayas might melt by 2035 and earned a Nobel Prize for his work ? so you might expect Dr Rajendra Pachauri to be doing everything he can to reduce his own carbon footprint.

But as controversy continued to simmer last week over the bogus ?Glaciergate? claims in a report by the UN?s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ? which he heads ? Dr Pachauri showed no apparent inclination to cut global warming in his own back yard.

On Friday, for the one-mile journey from home to his Delhi office, Dr Pachauri could have walked, or cycled, or used the eco-friendly electric car provided for him, known in the UK as G-Wiz.

Leaving his footprint: Dr Pachauri being driven in his 1.8-litre Toyota Corolla

But instead, he had his personal chauffeur collect him from his £4.5million home ? in a 1.8-litre Toyota Corolla.

I was a federal prison guard at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan. In 2000, I was with a prisoner, Mamdouh Mahmud Salim, taking him back to his cell. His cellmate was Khalfan Khamis Mohamed. They were accused of bombing two embassies in Africa in 1998. Later they said that they worked with Osama bin Laden and that they helped set up al Qaeda.

We were back at their cell. Its only me and those two guys. No supervisors. Just the three of us. Somehow, they slipped out of their handcuffs.

They sprayed me with some kind of hot sauce. I couldnt see. They pulled me into the cell and hit me ? boom, boom. They hit me so much, I swear to God, like a hundred times.

About halfway through, they used a comb ? thick and long, about 10 inches, with a handle. Theyd taken the teeth out and sharpened it like a knife.

They put it in my left eye. It went three inches into my brain.

Nobody knows better than me.

Tu be Schewat ist der jüdische Feiertag, der die meisten Verbindungen zu Konzepten und Themen des Vegetarismus aufweist:

1. Der Tu be Schewat-Seder*, bei dem Früchte und Nüsse gegessen werden, Lieder gesungen werden und biblische Texte rezitiert werden, die sich auf Bäume und Früchte beziehen, ist die einzige rituelle Mahlzeit, deren Bestandteile ausschließlich aus pflanzlichen Produkten gegessen werden

Despite setbacks, Obama?s aims unchanged

He might be slumping in polls, but he sticks to his agenda

Nile Crocodile Hatching From Egg

Crocodiles are protected in many parts of the world, but they also are farmed commercially. Their hide is tanned and used to make leather goods such as shoes and handbags, whilst crocodile meat is also considered a delicacy. The most commonly farmed species are the Saltwater and Nile crocodiles, while a hybrid of the Saltwater and the rare Siamese Crocodile is also bred in Asian farms. Farming has resulted in an increase in the Saltwater crocodile population in Australia, as eggs are usually harvested from the wild, so landowners have an incentive to conserve crocodile habitat.

China bugs and burgles Britain

THE security service MI5 has accused China of bugging and burgling UK business executives and setting up ?honeytraps? in a bid to blackmail them into betraying sensitive commercial secrets.

A leaked MI5 document says that undercover intelligence officers from the People?s Liberation Army and the Ministry of Public Security have also approached UK businessmen at trade fairs and exhibitions with the offer of ?gifts? and ?lavish hospitality?.

Written by MI5?s Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure, the 14-page ?restricted? report describes how China has attacked UK defence, energy, communications and manufacturing companies in a concerted hacking campaign.

Subway Series: Rapt audience in bar watching World Series game from New York on TV-- Chicago, 1952.

The 21 Clubs Jack Kriendler relaxing at the bar with a drink, a bartender holding a bottle on the other side of the bar-- NYC, 1941.

A view showing people drinking at the Saloon (R) and the public bar (L) at "The Dove"-- U.K., 1940.

Bar under casino in resort town-- Bulgaria, 1963.

Patrons crowding up to the bar on a Saturday night-- Wheeler, MT 1963.

Dart game at bar of Cross Keys Hotel Boston, Lincolnshire-- 1948.

An operation by the UK intelligence service MI5 uncovered evidence that al-Qaeda was planning a new stage in its terror campaign by surgically inserting explosives inside terrorists, British newspaper The Mail on Sunday reported.

The explosive pentaerythritol tetranitrate, commonly known as PETN, would be placed in a plastic sachet inside the bomber?s body before the wound was stitched up like a normal operation incision and allowed to heal, experts said.

It would then be detonated with an injection of triacetone triperoxide, administered with syringes that could be smuggled onto planes disguised as a diabetic?s insulin kit.

Uzon caldera is the thing that was left from a huge volcano destroyed by the series of volcanic explosions that took place