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Global Warming Law Debated Today

According to The Daily Green, the senate is debating a global warming law today. The Lieberman-Warner Act would aim for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in order to reduce the threat of global...

Private Efforts Fill Gaps In Earth's Asteroid Defenses

Hugh Pickens sends us to Seed Magazine for an update on Earth's defenses against collisions with near-earth objects (NEOs). The bottom line is that government is moving slowly on cataloging NEOs but...

Rules, rules, rules ...

Here’s an interesting little exercise. What if the Democrats, instead of doing the proportional delegate thing, had done the same thing as the Republicans and had a winner-take-all primary...

On Being Sick, Daily Blogging Challenges and a Book Tag

After blogging for everyday for nearly 100 days, I caved in to two non-blogging days. Including missing my Web Wednesday weekly feature. Admittedly, I felt really disappointed. I thought I’d...

"Outliers" for 3-19

Poblano puts up a new site (538) that aggregates polls weighted with a "reliability rating." Gregory Nini and Glenn Hurwitz produce a statistical model and conclude that "roughly two million more...

How to Stay Awake at Work or School

Have you ever been so tired you almost fell asleep at work? Did you ever wish you could just crawl under your desk and take a nap like George Costanza?Whether you were partying too hard the night...

Latest Cosmetic Surgery Trends

I am impressed by the significant changes in plastic surgery expected this year!!! So impressed that you’ll probably read about my personal experiences soon… It’s been a while since...

South African Firms Being Sued By FIFA

BusinessDay has reported that the international football organization (FIFA) is suing South African firms for using trademarks of the upcoming 2010 World Cup without their expressed permission. The...

What Became Of The Likely Lads?

The first time I'd ever heard of The Libertines was in the context of a news item that talked about one Pete Doherty being arrested for burglarizing the apartment of his former bandmate, one Carl...

Social Security Number

I always thought PAN card is going to get morphed into a Social Security Number. However Government of India continues to amaze me. The EPF (Employee Provident Fund) is going to allot National Social...