Hurricane Gustav is taking aim at the coast of Louisiana. Jeff Masters at Weather Underground is the goto place for the details of this storm.
If I am reading it all right, Gustav will be a major hurricane when it strikes the Gulf coast, possibly a category 4, and it may well strike New Orleans. The […]

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There are 12 new articles in PLoS ONE today. As always, you should rate the articles, post notes and comments and send trackbacks when you blog about the papers. Here are my own picks for the week - you go and look for your own favourites:
Urochordate Histoincompatible Interactions Activate Vertebrate-Like Coagulation System Components:
The colonial ascidian […]

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Earlier today while talking with a colleague she asked me for advice about different kinds of electric vehicles. She’s thinking about getting some kind of scooter to tide her over until full size electric cars are available (e.g. Chevy Volt) and since I’ve owned several small electric vehicles that probably means I have some […]

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There was a fantastic example of an anti-vaccination caller on this show earlier today - Parents Protest Increase In Required Vaccinations. Please listen to the podcast, especially to the last caller. Prodded over and over again, she displayed more and more loony conspiracy theories and in the end flatly stated that no kind or amount […]

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When it comes to the world of yoga and meditation, things can get complicated. There are stories of transcendence, enlightenment, bliss. Heady stuff, yes, but are we missing the forest for the trees?
Last year I was taking a workshop in which we spoke about the subtle and the gross. The teacher said that in our […]

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When it comes to the world of yoga and meditation, things can get complicated. There are stories of transcendence, enlightenment, bliss. Heady stuff, yes, but are we missing the forest for the trees?
Last year I was taking a workshop in which we spoke about the subtle and the gross. The teacher said that in our […]

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A reader of this blog was outed by a moron posting as “Mark” on the Age of Autism blog. I will not link to the outing, nor will I link to Age of Autism. I have, however, kept a nice screen shot of the page, just in case someone over there has an attack of […]

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It’s no secret that I have no respect for Joe Mercola. Every time I read one of his promotional emails or make a visit to his website, I see more fantastic claims. Usually, I don’t see blatant lies…until now…
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90% of finding a new job is navigating the inner landscape of hopes, dreams, fears, self sabotage, etc. Stay focused especially on the idea that possibilities abound. Stay in hope and momentum.
That point, staying in hope, possibilities, momentum, that’s about being a good manifester.

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I attended Solfest 2008 and took these notes during a session given by David Blume, author of Alcohol Can be a Gas and an advocate for alcohol fuel for vehicles.
Producing Alcohol can be done far in better ways than how it’s done in the mega-sized plants using corn based production. There are other methodologies, […]

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