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<p>Virginia watermen have removed more than 28,000 "ghost" crab pots from the Chesapeake Bay watershed over the past three years as part of a federal and state effort to restore the crab population.</p> <p>The Virginia Institute of Marine Science announced the results Friday, saying the program provided clear economic and environmental benefits.</p>

The budget stalemate between the right and the left comes down to a basic difference in economic views, the left feels that we need to tax more in order to consume more money, and the right believes that we need to consume less money in order to tax less. Whichever side of the argument you come down on, it's not hard to see which of these positions is fundamentally unsustainable. And it is amazing that the same people who can and do lecture for hours on environmental sustainability, seem to have no grasp of economic sustainability. If you tell them...

Making the World's Knowledge Computable Today's Wolfram|Alpha is the first step in an ambitious, long-term project to make all systematic knowledge immediately computable by anyone. Enter your question or calculation and Wolfram|Alpha uses its built-in algorithms and a growing collection of data to compute the answer. Based on a new kind of knowledge-based computing...

This just came out to the HHS press list: DATE: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 FOR RELEASE: Immediately Contact: AoA Press Office (202) 357-3507 HHS to Create a National Resource Center for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Elders HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced plans to establish the nation's first national resource center to assist communities across the country in their efforts to provide services and supports for older lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals.

Earth: An environmental writer mainstreams an idea floating around the green fringe — save the earth by population control and give carbon credits to one-child families. Are we threatened by the patter of little carbon footprints? New York Times environmental writer Andrew Revkin participated in an Oct. 14 panel discussion on climate change with other media pundits titled "Covering Climate: What's Population Got To Do With It?" People who need people they are not. In a recently rediscovered book, "Ecoscience: Population, Resources, Environment," co-authored with Malthus fans Paul and Anne Ehrlich, Holdren wrote that families "contribute to general social deterioration...

Leadership: Our new science czar, John Holdren, once backed compulsory sterilization and forced abortion as part of a government population-control program. The only thing missing was a Soylent Green recipe.In April, President Obama declared that "the days of science taking a back seat to ideology are over." In everything from stem cell research to climate change and energy policy, reason and science would triumph. The problem is that what the Obama administration considers science, as exemplified by the choice of Holdren, is troubling. In a recently rediscovered 1977 book, "Ecoscience: Population, Resources, Environment," co-authored with doomsters Paul and Anne Ehrlich,...

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Wars of Ideas and THE War of Ideas Authored by Dr. Antulio J. Echevarria, II. Added June 12, 2008 Type: Monograph 62 Pages   Cost: Free The author discusses several types of wars of ideas in an effort to achieve a better understanding of what wars of ideas are. That knowledge, in turn, can help inform strategy. It is important to note, for instance, that because ideas are interpreted subjectively, it is not likely that opposing parties will "win" each other over by means of an ideational campaign alone. Hence, physical events, whether intended or incidental, typically play determining...

This is a good site for browsing thru cute kitty pictures but this time it has the names of the puds right there with the pictures! So many times we rack our brains and come up with nothing ... finally resorting to Baby Name books ! So, peruse. Use. Or not. But add the names of your own cookie-pies? So we can all have a pool of names with which to consult should we run across that extra little mouth to feed in the sometime future and be forced to face The Dilemma once again.

Japan's elderly are urged to work By Chris Hogg BBC News, Tokyo The elderly should be seen as a resource, the government says Japan's government says the nation has to work harder to encourage elderly people to remain in the workforce. They need to see them as a resource not a burden - invaluable manpower instead of people who just need support and care. In a White Paper published on Friday, the government says the transformation to an ageing society is unprecedented. In 50 years time, more than two-fifths of the population will be over 65, twice the current figure....

The news that the Utah mall shooter Suleman (1) was Muslim and (2) was yelling "Allahu Akbar" as he went down has gradually came out. The police are "mystified" at a possible motive for the crime. I would like to compile a resource thread of Muslim attacks on US soil: names, dates, links, victims, etc., depicting a reality that the mass media will never admit: that Islamic terrorism is here, not just on 9-11. Maybe some of these crimes are random acts of violence (that is, not ideologically driven, the guy just flipped out), but then again, maybe they aren't....

All over America, schools and organizations are gearing up to celebrate Christmas in an assortment of inspiring and enjoyable ways. However, over the years it seems that certain public interest groups have focused their attention on how our local school districts and private organizations choose to demonstrate their particular views of the season. So the ACLJ is encouraging you to visit their Christmas Resource Center and find the answers to your questions regarding the singing of Christmas carols at your child's or grandchild's school or your local church's display of the manger. Christmas is a time of peace and joy...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9, 2005 – Military.com is taking its mission of connecting veterans to their benefits one step further with the official launch of the online Veteran Career Network on Nov. 11. About 250,000 people leave the military each year, Christopher Michel, president and founder of Military.com, said. A goal of the new network, found at www.military.com/network, is to help veterans capitalize on the training they received in the military by connecting them with employers who value this type of training and to make that connection more efficient. "Job searches have been traditionally inefficient," Michel, a former Navy lieutenant commander,...

GENEVA (AFP) - Hundreds of activists appealed for a global tax on water and the creation of a "world water parliament" to protect its distribution, at the closing of the Alternative World Water Forum. The two-day forum's goal is to "promote the creation of a world public service for water" through a series of concrete measures, said Bastienne Joerchel of a Swiss charity group. The forum proposed introducing a one-cent tax on water worldwide, which would avoid having to use private funding for the distribution of water. A global water parliament -- expected to hold its first meeting in Brussels...

Capitol Resource Institute Monday Morning Update – Early Edition Wednesday, September 17, 2003 Action is needed on the following bills: The following bills have been passed by the Legislature and are now sitting on Governor Gray Davis' desk awaiting his signature or veto. Action is expected to be taken on these bills within the next several days. The deadline for Governor Davis to sign or veto the bills is October 12. If the bills are not signed or vetoed at that time, they will automatically become law. AB 17 - Kehoe: Special Rights for Homosexuals - AB 17 would prohibit...

OK, let's create one master reference thread for our favorite classic political pictures. I keep seeing requests inside of threads for particular pictures, so how about we post our favorites here, and then if someone still can't find what they are looking for they can request it in a post here. Bookmark for future reference. Here are some of my favorites to start things off: Anyone got the version where his ears are wiggling? And my all-time favorite Bush photo

A Weblog, The Command Post, is linking stories about the War, often running over 20 an hour. Here are some recent stories. For links and more recent stories, click on the source URL above. http://www.command-post.org/ ====12:41 AM | Israeli reporter faces roadblocks Caroline Glick - a senior reporter for the Jerusalem Post - had to pass through Kuwait to get to the front in Iraq. Kuwait had issued a statement to the international press corps that anyone transmitting reports to the Israeli media would face criminal prosecution. Read what Glick had to go through to take her rightful place alongside...

China plans base on the moon to exploit mineral resources: report BEIJING (AFP) May 19, 2002 China, which is pushing ahead with a fledgling space program, plans to establish a base on the moon in order to exploit its mineral resources, state media reported Sunday. "Our long-term goal is to set up a base on the moon and mine its riches for the benefit of humanity," the Beijing Morning Post said, citing Ouyang Ziyuan, an official with the Chinese space program. The paper said China has adopted a three-step plan that will eventually make it possible to fly to...