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• Nate Silver: No National Backlash Against Gay Marriage

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 159
  In light of the New York State Senates decision on Wednesday to vote down gay marriage, Ive been thinking a little bit more about what happened last month in Maine, where voters passed Question 1 -- reversing the state legislatures decision to allow for gay marriage -- by roughly a 5-point margin. We had ...
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• Don’t Talk to Me About Green Initiatives Without Making Me Blue Too

  
  EbioAnt — Authority: 143
  By Lance Winslow Everybody seems to want to talk about removing the pollution from the air, and reducing our CO2 footprint. The air pollution is only one problem, what about water pollution? Why are we always talking about green, when we also need blue? Why can’t green and blue go together? Any time we talk ...
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• 2009 Job Summit PR Show Considered

  
  Perfect Argument — Authority: 153
  Our leadership Washington DC has finally decided its time to have a jobs summit, and even our young president has stated; "there seems to be a huge consensus that we must do everything we can to create jobs for America immediately." This is absolutely farcical, and nothing more than a statement of the obvious. America ...
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• Final speakers for DiscoveryBeat: RockYou’s Lisa Marino, IGN’s Roy Bahat

  
  Gadget Reviews — Authority: 157
  We’re excited to announce our final set of speakers for DiscoveryBeat, VentureBeat’s event exploring how to get apps noticed in an age of noise. The event takes place Dec. 8 at the Automattic Lounge on Pier 38 in San Francisco. We’ve got a maximum capacity of 200, and we expect the event [...]Related posts: ...
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• Thai bioplastic bag program launched

  
  Green Chemicals — Authority: 131
  German chemical company BASF has joined the Thai Bioplastics Industry Association (TBAI), Thailands National Innovation Agency (NIA) and Germanys Technical Cooperation group GTZ in launching a biodegradable bag project in Thailand, which aims to build composting facilities in the country for efficient waste ...
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• Social Media Ministry Return on Investment (ROI)

  
  ChurchCrunch — Authority: 521
  Watch the following video above and think in terms of your ministry, church, and their social media initiatives. Does social media marketing, initiatives, and strategies pay off? Definitely. But, only if done really well. But what exactly is the payoff? What is the true measurable ROI? I’ve had more than a few ...
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• TARP Cash Targeted in Jobs Push (Dems trying to steal remaining funds for their schemes)

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  Democrats have begun to hash out how to pay for a mix of unemployment benefits, state aid, tax credits and other incentives they hope will turn around the countrys surging unemployment rate. Funding for the initiatives would come from two sources. For job creation, the principal target would be a pot of more than $150 ...
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• A sped up phase-out at McClymonds

  
  The Education Report — Authority: 422
  Soon, the McClymonds high school campus will have just one small high school, instead of two. District staff is recommending that BEST High School close in June — a year earlier than planned, Chief Academic Officer Brad Stam told a crowd gathered at the McClymonds cafeteria tonight. Stam said it would be unfair to ...
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• What It Looks Like When a Local Authority REALLY Gets Transition… the Monteveglio story….

  
  Transition Culture — Authority: 493
  So what might it look like when a local authority really gets Transition?  Earlier this week I received a very excitable email from Cristiano Bottone, one of the movers behind Transition Italia, and the Transition of his own town, Monteveglio, near Bologna.  “Monteveglio’s local authority signs a strategic ...
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• ULFA chief, 10 others handed over to BSF

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 724
  Dawki (Meghalaya), Dec 4 (ANI): United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) founding member and chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa was today morning handed over to the Border Security Officials (BSF) by Bangladeshi security agencies at the Meghalaya border.According to news agency reports, Rajkhowa was handed along with 10 others, ...
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• Referendum 71 would have been rejected without Eastern Washington

  
  Washblog - Diaries — Authority: 490
  I recently talked about how the entire state of Washington has increased its propensity to vote pro-equality.  Now I want to talk about how vital to the approval of Referendum 71 non-Puget-Sound voters were.  Via Referendum 71, voters ratified the new domestic partnership law in Washington, making domestic ...
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• Who is the consumer of open government?

  
  Adobe Blogs — Authority: 642
  The information sharing challenges facing government today are greater than ever before. Take GPO for instance, in the not so distant past, all consumers of GPO products had essentially the same set of expectations, an authentic document that one could read. Paper-based deliverables were the only option, not only for ...
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• Amyris first plant in Brazil

  
  Green Chemicals — Authority: 131
  Amyris Biotechnologies will soon produce its first renewable diesel made from sugarcane using its newly purchased ethanol-producing mill owned and operated by the São Martinho Group. Amyris now owns 40% stake in the Boa Vista mill and plans to manufacture sugarcane-based renewable products for the 2011-2012 harvest ...
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• Green Copenhagen

  
  Green Chemicals — Authority: 131
  If youre one of the lucky few who will be attending the Copenhagen climate summit next week, maybe youll find yourself walking in a renewable-based carpet; drive a European car using renewable-based tires and also fueled by algae; have lunch using bioplastic cups and cutlery; stay in an eco-friendly hotel that uses ...
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• India will be a deal maker, not a deal breaker at Copenhagen: Saran

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 724
  New Delhi, Dec.3 (ANI): Rejecting speculations that developing countries like India could play spoil sport and would be a “deal breaker” at next week’s Copenhagen Climate summit,Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’ special envoy on climate change Shyam Saran said that India would be a deal maker instead. Saran’s ...
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• Ten ways to start reducing your carbon footprint

  
  Carbon Commentary — Authority: 110
  Image source: Taiga Company. 1) If you buy just one new appliance in 2010, make it a really efficient fridge-freezer. The improvements in the energy use of the best fridge-freezers have been really impressive in the last few years. If you have an old refrigerator, it may be responsible for as much as a sixth of ...
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• Brian Davey Responds to Ted Trainer

  
  Transition Culture — Authority: 493
  You may remember recently Ted Trainer’s first draft of his paper “The Transition Towns Movement: its huge significance, and a friendly criticism”, and my subsequent response.  Ted subsequently sent some more detailed thoughts, and has since rewritten his piece, which you can download here.  Brian Davey of ...
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• Work commences on Udhampur-Baramulla rail project

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 724
  New Delhi, Dec 3 (ANI): Union Minister of State for Railways K H Muniyappa informed the Lok Sabha on Thursday that the work of new line from Udhampur-Baramulla in Jammu and Kashmir has been initiated.In a written reply Muniyappa stated the section from Qazigund-Baramulla has already been commissioned. “Surveys for ...
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• Even More Federal Dollars Allocated for Health IT

  
  EMR Blog — Authority: 129
  Just this week, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Dr. David Blumenthal announced plans to establish nationwide Health IT “Beacon Communities.”  $235 million dollars have been allocated to fund the program through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).The program’s mission is to accelerate the ...
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• Cisco Expands Linux-Powered SMB Push

  
  Computer & Internet - computer-internet.marc8.com — Authority: 169
  Enterprise Networking Planet: "Cisco Systems is expanding its push in the small and midsized business segment of the networking marketplace. Today Cisco is unveiling a series of new product, partner and service initiatives as it continues its year-old $100 million effort to target the SMB market."
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