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  • Friday’s Poem

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    A collection of poetry by Andrea Waddell, a trans woman who was murdered in Brighton in October 2009, has been published with the support of her family. Sounds of the Soul: Adventures in Time by Andrea Waddell deals with the enthusiasms and complications of Andrea’s life: activism, philosophy, nature, illness, transgender issues and more. somewhere down my ‘to…

  • Why Manufacturing is Failing in the US

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    I came across the following statistics in the Manila Times Today while doing some research on new economic models: Manufacturing in the Phillipines has gone from about 39 percent of GDP in the 1980s to 33 percent in 2010-2012. This was a sharp contrast to Thailand, whose industry to GDP ratio peaked to 44 percent…

  • Thursday Prayer

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    Renowned classical Indian dancer Ananda Shankar Jayant was diagnosed with cancer in 2008. She tells her personal story of not only facing the disease but dancing through it, and gives a performance revealing the metaphor of strength that helped her do it.

  • Yakuza Crime Group Releases New Magazine

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    It’s a shame George Carlin is gone.  When he joked that there’s a magazine for every activity with five participants, I don’t think even he could’ve envisioned this one. Organised rhyme: Yakuza crime gang releases poetry mag Magazine … Yakuza members chop off their own fingers as punishment By HARRY HAYDON Published: 10th July 2013…

  • Euroactive Publishes Press Release on new EU Biobased Industry Initiative

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    Today the European Commission adopts a new proposed €3.8 billion Public Private Partnership for Biobased industries in Europe, aimed at ensuring smart, sustainable and inclusive economic growth, and at enabling Europe to become a world-leading Innovation Union . The proposal comes as part of an innovation investment package of new Joint Technology Initiatives (JTIs) under…

  • The GM safety dance: What’s rule and what’s real

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    This is a great, well-researched article on whether or not safety testing of GE crops is required.

  • Photo of the Day

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    Periodic wobbles in Earth’s core change the length of a day every 5.9 years, according to a study published today (July 10) in the journal Nature. Teasing out this subtle cycle, which subtracts and adds mere milliseconds to each day, also revealed a match between abrupt changes in the length of day and Earth’s magnetic field.…

  • Earth Festival in Vlasti, Kozani Opens Today

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    Neoskosmos.com announces this year’s Greek music Earth Festival that “combines the green mentality with music and other events.”  The festival opens today, July 11 in the mountain community of Vlasti: This alternative ethnic festival will be held for the 13th year in succession, from 11 to 14 July, in the village of Vlasti, Kozani, by…

  • Study of Bacteria in Space Yields Strange Results

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    Miriam Kramer reports on a study conducted in space that could be useful for long term space-flight missions and  may even have implications for bacterial research right here on earth. A team of scientists sent samples of the bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa into orbit aboard NASA’s space shuttle Atlantis to see how they grew in comparison…

  • Another Victory for Seed Freedom

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    Dr. Vandana Shiva, a world-renowned advocate for seed freedom and opponent of GMO’s, explains why the Indian Court’s rejection of Monsanto’s climate resilient plant patent is so important to seed freedom: Monsanto tried to create an irrelevant and false opposition of natural production of plants versus production based on human intervention. This is false because…