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The Milky Way’s Black Hole, Like Cookie Monster, Loses More Than It Eats
Multiwavelength view of the central region of the Milky Way, including the black hole (also known as Sagittarius A*). The inset is a new X-ray observation, which shows the details of the accretion disk...
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Poems By Seamus Heaney (From The Poetry Foundation)
"The Soil and Soul of Seamus Heaney"http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/4165f3e8-d7e1-11df-b044-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2db6baxQR***Seamus'Washington Post Obituary:...
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The End Is Near! Republicans See A War They Don't Like!
Yep.Still assholes.***History takes its time.Bush and Cheney's colossal debacle in Iraq cost so much blood and treasure -- and for so little return -- they insured Americans would not mess with...
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Yeats: Old Man and Young
“An aged man is but a paltry thing, a tattered coat upon a stick, unless / soul clap its hands and sing, and louder sing / for every tatter in its mortal dress.” W.B. Yeats, "Sailing to Byzantium"***As...
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Samsung's New Smartwatch: Star Trek Communicator About To "Beam Down"
Ed Baig, USA TODAYSeptember 1, 2013(Photo: Justin Sullivan, Getty Images)STORY HIGHLIGHTSGalaxy Gear said to have Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, runs appsA camera is on the wristPricing and availability details...
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Scientific Findings And The Unfolded Cortex Of Christian Conservatives
Scopes Monkey Trialhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scopes_Trial***Dear Fred,Thanks for Frog Hospital.Your assessment of "Men's Self-Esteem Suffers When Female Partner Succeeds" overlooks the single most...
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NSS: "Sister Says Liz Cheney's Opposition To Gay Marriage 'Dead Wrong'"
U.S. Senate candidate Liz Cheney (Reuters Staff/Reuters)***"Liz Cheney: I don't support gay marriage even though my sister is in one."...
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Jerusalem Post: "Arab States Urge Action Against Syrian Government"
Alan: Saudi Arabia is big enough, wealthy enough, and sufficiently well-armed that it could, if it chose, deal with the Syrian crisis unilaterally. If the Arab "street" is pre-destined to be pissed off...
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The Sunni-Shia Schism: Historical Causes And Consequent Animosity
Shia–Sunni relationsFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaThis article is part of a series on:IslamSunni and Shia Islam are the two major denominations of Islam. The demographic breakdown between the...
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In Las Vegas, The 'World's Fastest Juggler' Shares His Big Secret
World's Fastest Juggler, Nino FredianiVideo at:http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-vegas-juggler-20130901,1144,1352213,full.story***Nino Frediani, 73, has performed across Europe and Africa, tossing...
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To a Chinese Scrap-Metal Hunter, America's Trash Is Treasure
Alan: As a 7 year old kid, my first job was guiding my varnished wagon up and down Glenmont Drive (in Irondequoit, New York), knocking on neighbor's doors, gathering up twined bundles of newspapers and...
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Sowing And Reaping: The CIA's 1953 Overthrow Of Iran's Prime Minister Mossadegh
Enlarge imageFormer Iranian Premier Mohammed Mossadegh appears in October 1951. The CIA's overthrow of Mossadegh was a template for the agency's covert operations going forward.Audio File at:...
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NPR: "In The Classroom, Jill Biden Is A Teacher First"
Enlarge imageJill Biden thanks teachers during a 2010 meeting at Ft. Belvoir Elementary School in Virginia.Cherie Cullen/ASSOCIATED PRESSAudio File at:...
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NPR: "Making It On Minimum Wage"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel_and_dimedJoanna Cruz, a New Jersey mother of three who works as a cook at a convenience store, wrote in an online essay that "too often, people think that...
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Robert Samuelson: "The Scared Worker" And The Permanent Disappearance Of Jobs
The American Worker***"Automation, Robotization, Software-Enhanced Productivity, and Job Loss"http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/02/automation-robotization-and-job-loss.html***By Robert J....
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"It is impossible..."
Dog stays by dead friendhttp://www.examiner.com/article/dog-who-protected-her-dead-companion-goes-home-to-owners-today-los-angeles***"It's impossible to be loyal to your family, your friends, your...
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Witty Tee Shirts
There are two kinds of people:those who believe there are two kinds of people... and those who don't.Those who believe there are two kinds of people believe "the others" are best reformed by beating...
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Diana Nyad's Cuba-to-Florida swim: Less than 10 miles to go
Diana Nyad breaks distance recordSTORY HIGHLIGHTSNEW: Nyad may reach land between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. ET, her team estimatesHigh winds reported Sunday night but calmed by early MondaySwimmer already has...
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American military intervention will not deter Assad... This argument is not...
From the beginning, I have thought that Assad's wife should be targeted for aiding and abetting monstrosity.Often, women are more susceptible to shame than men.If pressure were strong enough - and...
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The NRA: The Only Part Of Government That Actually Works
The Only Part Of Government That Actually Works(Problem is it doesn't represent the majority. Not even close.)
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