Aiming for the High Road

New 'Extreme Weather' Tool Released - Weather Underground

Fri Feb 24, 2012 10:04 AM EST

Weather Underground has released a new extreme weather tracker: Record Extremes. I've spent some time playing with it, and urge anyone interested to take a look. Record Extremes uses data from three sources: (1) NOAA's National Climate Data Center, (2) Wunderground's U.S.

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weather, science, extreme-weather, weather-underground

Starry Night (interactive animation, by Petros Vrellis)

Thu Feb 16, 2012 12:30 PM EST

By Michael (Astronomy.FM) (Clipped by JJP)

It is simply one of the most beautiful works of art I have ever seen. I am an astronomer. I have watched, and imagined, and dreamed about the birth and life of our Cosmos. Twinkle, twinkle, little star - it's my job. My wife is a graphic artist.

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Yes, I Would Love Another Glass of Tea...

Sat Dec 10, 2011 7:01 PM EST

By Dennis P McCann (Clipped by JJP)

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turkey, book, tea, arts, katharine-branning

FBI Raids Evansville IHOP, Others Around Country - NEWS 25 WEHT Evansville, Henderson, Owensboro

Seeded on Tue Sep 20, 2011 11:28 AM EDT (WEHT-TV/Evansville, IN NEWS25 ABC)

Sources tell NEWS 25 the investigation is connected to allegations of money laundering to terrorist groups in the middle east. Our source also says the restaurants that are being raided in Toledo, Ohio, are owned by the same person who owns the Evansville location.

fbi, homeland-security, us-news, ihop

Big Bang: That Alleged Hole in Global Warming Just Blew Up In Fox News' Face

Seeded on Fri Sep 2, 2011 4:41 PM EDT ()

Seeded by MWeaver (Clipped by JJP)

Remember all the orgasmic hysteria on the right last month when climatologist Roy Spencer “discovered” that the entire global warming theory had collapsed? Why, Fox even declared war on Sponge Bob for not telling kids that global warming was a hoax.

global-warming, fox-news, us-news

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Science Stunner: Editor of Journal that Published Flawed Denier Bunk Apologizes, Resigns, Slams Spencer for Exaggerations | ThinkProgress

Seeded on Fri Sep 2, 2011 4:37 PM EDT (Think Progress)

Seeded by Colorado Bob (Clipped by JJP)

Indeed, as climate scientist Peter Gleick puts it in his post: There is a famous saying in science: “extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.” In this case, the arguments for climate change are backed up by such an astounding degree of science and evidenc …

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Paper "debunking" global warming discredited; editor-in-chief of journal Remote Sensing resigns

Seeded on Fri Sep 2, 2011 12:03 PM EDT (ScienceBlogs)

Seeded by spiffie (Clipped by JJP)

Peer-reviewed journals are a pillar of modern science. Their aim is to achieve highest scientific standards by carrying out a rigorous peer review that is, as a minimum requirement, supposed to be able to identify fundamental methodological errors or false claims.

global-warming, nasa, science, climate-change, spencer, remote-sensing, wolfgang-wagner, braswell

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Countdown to Apocalypse: The Eleventh Instalment

Thu Apr 7, 2011 11:04 PM EDT

By Synthesis (Clipped by JJP)

This is an un-numbered instalment in an ongoing Newsvine series investigating End Times theories. Part One, the introduction, can be found here.

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fema, homeland-security, science, 2012, apocalypse, new-madrid-fault, earth-changes, edgar-cayce, bk-lim, countdown-to-apocalypse

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From the Florida House to national media, 'uterus' is runaway hit - St. Petersburg Times

Seeded on Thu Apr 7, 2011 7:31 AM EDT (St. Petersburg Times > Local News)

Seeded by Wizeguy (Clipped by JJP)

If she would incorporate her uterus, she said one night over dinner, maybe Republicans would drop 18 antiabortion measures they are considering during the legislative session. Republicans, after all, are against business regulations.

house-democrats, us-news, republican-house, scott-randolph, uterus-facebook

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Relief Efforts to Japan Coming from Unexpected Sources: A Report, Some Reflections and A Request

Wed Mar 23, 2011 10:53 AM EDT

By LordFluffy (Clipped by JJP)

The first time I read the words "We are all Japanese" it was on the Twitter account of George Takei. I should not have been surprised, but I was. It seemed the tragedies that had befallen Japan would need little promotion.

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red, japan, earnings, donation, march, newsvine, cross, us-news, pledge, donate

Understanding Our Moment in History: An Interview with Richard Tarnas

Seeded on Wed Mar 16, 2011 12:21 AM EDT (scottlondon.com)

Seeded by Cerridwen (Clipped by JJP)

[We] find ourselves today wandering disconsolately between two worlds — one dying and the other struggling to be born. On the one hand, the spiritual and intellectual certainties of the past no longer command our allegiance.

collapse, society, transition, sociology, ecology, decline, transformation, integrality, richard-tarnas

BREAKING NEWS: RODS APPEAR TO BE MELTING, SITUATION UPGRADED TO LEVEL 6 NUCLEAR EVENT

Seeded on Mon Mar 14, 2011 7:13 AM EDT (Kyodo News)

Seeded by Physicist-retired (Clipped by JJP)

Andre-Claude Lacoste, president of France's ASN nuclear safety authority said: "We are now in a situation that is different from yesterday's. It is very clear that we are at a level six, which is an intermediate level between what happened at Three Mile Island and Chernobyl.

japan, earthquake, tsunami, world-news, nuclear-power-plant, radioactivity, nuclear-core-meltdown

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'Fracking' Disposal Sites Suspended, Likely Linked To Arkansas Earthquakes

Seeded on Tue Mar 8, 2011 3:33 PM EST (The Huffington Post)

Seeded by Meloney (Clipped by JJP)

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Two natural gas companies have agreed to temporarily suspend use of injection wells in central Arkansas where earthquakes keep occurring.

arkansas, natural-gas, earthquakes, us-news, energy-business, fracking, fracking-fluids, hydralic-fracturing-earhquakes

The Living Sea Scrolls | The Jewish Week

Seeded on Mon Mar 7, 2011 12:36 PM EST (thejewishweek.com)

Seeded by Newbigtech (Clipped by JJP)

After climbing a rickety ladder to reach the dim, attic-like opening behind a wall in the women's section, and once his widening eyes had adjusted to the dark, Schechter found himself staring into a space crammed to bursting with nearly 10 centuries' worth of one Middle Easte …

history, macarthur-fellow, jerusalem-neighborhoodrdquo, hebrew-poetry, happiness-bears-no-relation, solomon-schechter, arabized-jews

Iran Protests - The Return of the Sea of Green.

Mon Feb 14, 2011 6:24 AM EST

By Dennis P McCann (Clipped by JJP)

The protests in Iran are scheduled to begin an hour from now. The Sea of Green, emboldened by the events in Tunisia and Egypt, will again take to the streets.

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New online 'Job Tracker' shows outsourced jobs by zip code, gets huge response

Sat Oct 9, 2010 4:50 PM EDT

By American Idle (Clipped by JJP)

It's really popular with workers; CEOs, not so much. It's Job Tracker, and all you have to do is put in your zip code to find out which companies in your area are off-shoring, outsourcing, and breaking labor laws.

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jobs, discrimination, unemployment, workers, outsourcing, afl-cio, us-news, disclosure, labor-law, off-shoring

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Amazing 1906 film of San Francisco, four days before the earthquake.

Wed Apr 21, 2010 12:34 PM EDT

By Loretta Kemsley (Clipped by JJP)

Taken by a camera mounted on the front of a cable car, this film shows the activity in the business district on Market Street as the cable car moves toward the clock tower on the Embarcadero Wharf -- which is still there.

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entertainment, film, san-francisco, cable-car, 1906-earthquake, horse-drawn-wagons, early-autos

The Separation of Church and State

Mon Apr 5, 2010 5:45 PM EDT

By Matt Rock (Clipped by JJP)

The separation of Church and State is one of the most important facets of the government of the United States. But lately, a shocking number of conservatives have called into question whether or not our Constitution actually does establish or even promote this rule as law.

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church, state, evolution, constitution, abortion, first, gay-marriage, politics, jefferson, first-amendment

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Emily Dickinson's Mystic Poetry

Seeded on Thu Feb 4, 2010 9:41 PM EST (sol.com.au)

Seeded by Cerridwen (Clipped by JJP)

It was with these words that the 19th century New England poet Emily Dickinson (1830 – 1886) described a transformative experience of Self Realisation.

literature, arts, poetry, dickinson, philosophy, consciousness

Haiti Earthquake Disaster Relief

Wed Jan 13, 2010 12:55 PM EST

By Calvin Tang (Clipped by JJP)

Many Newsviners know that a magnitude 7.0 earthquake has struck the capital city of Haiti, devastating the city and killing or injuring thousands of residents there. Fewer Newsviners realize that they have earnings sitting in their accounts.

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haiti, earthquake, american-red-cross, philanthropy, world-news, disaster-relief, haiti-earthquake

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Kucinich: Why is it we have finite resources for health care but unlimited resources for war?

Seeded on Fri Nov 6, 2009 10:43 PM EST (Common Dreams)

Seeded by tgstk2 (Clipped by JJP)

Earlier today Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) made the following statement: "Why is it we have finite resources for health care but unlimited money for war?

politics, health-care, foreign-policy, fiscal-policy, domestic-policy, american-priorities, us-military-policy

Please Sign the Health Care "Public Option" Petition

Seeded on Fri Oct 16, 2009 8:27 AM EDT ()

Seeded by btco (Clipped by JJP)

John Boehner says he has not met anyone who supports a public option. Prove him wrong by signing the public option petition today. This is a project of Congressman Anthony Weiner (D-NY) who is emerging as an honest and passionate advocate for rational health care reform.

us, elections, white-house, democrats, politics, health-care, gop, republicans, obama, barack-obama

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First pictures from refurbished Hubble telescope open new eyes on the Universe

Seeded on Thu Sep 10, 2009 6:19 AM EDT (the Mail online)

Seeded by Carloz (Clipped by JJP)

Space has never looked more beautiful. These stunning images - taken by the rejuvenated Hubble space telescope - have captured the jewel-bright colours of colliding galaxies, exploding stars and glowing nebulae.

technology, hubble, photos

How American Health Care Killed My Father

Seeded on Thu Aug 13, 2009 7:47 AM EDT (The Atlantic — News and analysis on politics, business, culture, technology, national, international, and food – TheAtlantic.com)

Seeded by btco (Clipped by JJP)

After the needless death of his father, the author, a business executive, began a personal exploration of a health-care industry that for years has delivered poor service and irregular quality at astonishingly high cost.

us, congress, elections, democrats, politics, health-care, healthcare, gop, republicans, obama

Residents of Great Britain - Stop in Here and Tell Americans About Your National Health Service

Sun Aug 2, 2009 10:04 PM EDT

By Robert Blevins - AB of Seattle (Clipped by JJP)

To all citizens of Great Britain: Currently, there is a debate raging in the USA about whether or not to offer a public option for health care.

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health, health-care, great-britain, nhs, national-health-service, health-care-reform

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