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• Climate Change Threatens China’s Yangtze River Basin

  
  TakePart Social Action Network — Authority: 622
  paulmannixs Flickr photostream/Creative Commons Climate change threatens to unleash severe storms, droughts, floods across China’s Yangtze River Basin in the coming decades, unless proper mitigation measures are taken to protect the region from catastrophe, according to a new study from the WWF. While we should ...
  10 hours ago

• What Are the Consequences of Copenhagen?

  
  TakePart Social Action Network — Authority: 622
  If you’re like some of us over here at TakePart, you can’t get enough coverage of the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. We even cover a lot of the news ourselves here. And that’s why it’s so exciting that over at The Daily Climate (TDC), today they are starting a four-part special report ...
  16 hours ago

• Facts and Myths in Globalization Debate

  
  Haq's Musings — Authority: 468
  It is becoming increasingly important for nations to build knowledge-based economies to effectively compete and win in a globalized world. Here is a presentation by Vivek Wadhwa, a Duke professor, discussing facts and myths in the globalization debate: Wadhwa View more documents from South Asian Studies ...
  16 hours ago

• Do The White Thing: 7 More Amazing Albino Animals

  
  Life within me — Authority: 137
  Albinism is one of the few visible genetic “aberrations” humans share with other animals . This distinctive lack of pigment displayed by albino animals , along with the beauty and rarity of its presentation, has given rise to numerous myths, legends and practices, not all of them positive in tone. Albino Sea ...
  16 hours ago

• Saturday

  
  Cafe Hayek — Authority: 676
  The Gallup poll has discovered (HT: Catherine Rampell ) that Saturday is the day of the week that consumers spend the most money. In a brilliant policy innovation, President Obama has decreed that from now on, every day of the week will be called Saturday. The ap reports: “This will not cost the American people ...
  17 hours ago

• Nintendo will need better casual games to continue their console war

  
  Infendo - Nintendo blog — Authority: 508
  As most of you have no doubt read, Nintendo President Satoru Iawta is concerned that the Wii is in an unhealthy state, and that it is urgent for Nintendo to recover sales momentum. This statement, coupled with recent numbers confirming this sales drop, has left many to point the finger at Nintendo’s Blue Ocean ...
  17 hours ago

• How Did Paul Krugman Get It So Wrong? (Nobel Laureate Missed the Fannie and Freddie Debacle)

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 163
  In July 2008 Nobel laureate Paul Krugman wrote that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the GSEs) "didnt do any subprime lending, because they cant: the definition of a subprime loan is precisely a loan that doesnt meet the requirement, imposed by law, that Fannie and Freddie buy only mortgages issued to borrowers who made ...
  18 hours ago

• No Required Ethics Course at Chicago-Booth

  
  Organizations and Markets — Authority: 515
  | Peter Klein | Bucking the trend, the Chicago-Booth MBA program will not offer required courses in business ethics (via Cliff). The school “has no set standard for ethical case studies used in the classroom,” according to Executive Director of Faculty Services Lisa Messaglia,”but leaves it up to faculty, ...
  19 hours ago

• The Myth Has No Clothes

  
  Cafe Hayek — Authority: 676
  Here’s a letter that I sent yesterday to the New York Times : Arguing that “economic incentives in health care” are perverse, David Leonhardt asserts that “As long as doctors and hospitals are paid for each extra test and treatment, they will err on the side of more care and not always better care.  No ...
  23 hours ago

• Myths, Lies And Liberal Spin

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 501
  Liberals are well known for their loose grip on reality. Nothing has shown that to be oh so true once again as how the liberal political machine and the sheep that follow it are still trumpeting the claim that New York’s 23rd District was a solid Republican seat that had been that way forever prior to Bill Owens ...
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• The Mythbusters of Psychology

  
  Science-Based Medicine — Authority: 131
  Karl Popper said “Science must begin with myths and with the criticism of myths.” Popular psychology is a prolific source of myths. It has produced widely held beliefs that “everyone knows are true” but that are contradicted by psychological research. A new book does an excellent job of mythbusting: 50 Great ...
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• Do fairies really exist in the world?

  
  ASK! — Authority: 98
  The concept of fairies is actually an invention by Man and they do not actually exist. “In folklore a fairy is a preternatural creature that lives on the earth and may be either helpful or harmful to human beings. Fairies are common to folklore all over the world. They resemble humans but are usually much smaller ...
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• Climate Justice Fast (Video)

  
  TakePart Social Action Network — Authority: 622
  The Climate Justice Fast began on November 6th as an international hunger strike to demand effective and justice action on climate change at the UN climate conference in Copenhagen.  Participants will refrain from eating food and drink only water for extended intervals and in some cases until the summit this ...
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• Wine: Facing the Fear

  
  Food Stories — Authority: 409
  I am often asked why I don’t write about wine more on this blog, considering the fact that I drink so much of the stuff. Well, that’s because I only drink wine to get pissed. Only kidding. In the past year or so I’ve been making a real effort to tackle the vast topic head-on but in doing so found something ...
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• Structured Settlement Frauds James Gibson Yes Scott Rothstein No Vive La Difference!

  
  Structured Settlements 4Real: What's Real in the Structured Settlements, Settlement Planning, Settlement Consulting and Litigation Recovery Management Space? — Authority: 131
  By far the most notorious structured settlement fraud involved convicted felon James R. Gibson. Gibsons criminal indictmentstemmed from his activities as owner and president of SBU, Inc. andseveral affiliated companies. The companies were operated by Gibson inthe St. Louis, Chicago, and West Palm Beach areas. SBU ...
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• Recurrent Yeast Infection Cured Naturally Without Any Drugs!

  
  fresh healthy body — Authority: 137
  Ever dealt with recurrent yeast infections? If so, then you know that they can be uncomfortable and frustrating. When you finally think that it’s gone away to stay, it comes right back again. Even though you follow your physicians orders exactly, use the medications you’ve been given, and keep clean, there are ...
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• Do Children Get Migraines Too?

  
  Sunglasses, They Make You Look Great! — Authority: 132
  People who suffer regularly from migraine headaches can probably give you a list of their migraine symptoms without even needing to think much about it. This is because each person tends to have their own individual manifestation of symptoms that occur each time they get the headache. The symptoms include some that ...
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• Myths That Effect Your Muscle Building Results

  
  Wish Everyone Good Health. — Authority: 464
  Over the past 5 years, while working as a personal trainer, I’ve discovered a lot of muscle building hype floating around the internet.Here are some of the most common myths that will effect your muscle building goals. Next to the myth, I’ve revealed the truth so you can learn how to do it right.1. [...]
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• Felt Vampire Ornament

  
  Geek Crafts — Authority: 533
  Craftster user bluegirl24 embroidered this fun Felt Vampire Ornament for a friend. Click through to see the back. Felt Vampire Ornament
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• Future of the web and SEO

  
  Online Marketing Tips Blog | Aigc middleast — Authority: 121
  Search engine optimization may become less important in the future as Internet users rely more on recommendations and social media to find information. Already, people are asking questions on Twitter and Facebook instead of Google. This means that high-quality content and usability will become ever more important, ...
  2 days ago

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