Description: Short plant
with a rosette of large
white backed rhubarb-like
leaves atop strong
vertical roots which grow
up to 3 feet long. In
the summer, thick and
hairy stems growing up to
6 feet tall bear reddish
purpleflowers, followed
by seedhea...
Ruler of the underworld,
Hades is at his strongest
during the Winter months,
when his wife Persephone
is by his side, and the
lands of men are cold and
bleak.
The largest genocide in
human history happened
where? Most people would
answer Germany, and the
Jewish Holocaust.
Actually though, the
largest genocide happened
in the USA, with the
native American Indians,
with estimates of 19
million to 100 millio...
Official Nuclear
Radiation Study; Tokyo
University
Hayno, R.S., et al
(2013) Internal
Radiocesium Contamination
of Adults and Children 7
to 20 Months After the
Fukushima NPP Accident as
Measured by Extensive
Whole-Body-Counter
Surveys, Proc. Jpn....
Toxic radiation
accumulates in water
supplies after nuclear
accidents. Radiation
bioconcentrates in fish
that live in fresh water
and salt water. Runoff of
fresh water from land
which has been
contaminated ends up
contaminating oceans, and
salt wate...
66 Atomic Bombs were
exploded on the Bikini
Island Atolls. Hundreds
of islanders were removed
from the islands, but not
from harms way. One
hydrogen bomb exploded
near the islands, and the
children played with the
dust from the bomb, as it
fel...
"Under our current law,
a suspected terrorist on
the FBI's No-Fly List
can't board an airplane
-- but they can still
legally purchase guns and
explosives.
This loophole, known
as the
âTerror
Gap,â
is ...
Blog: Breaking Down the Marriage Equality Brick Wall Starts With You by Steve W.
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Marriage equality has
enjoyed a number of
breakthrough victories
this past year, but
looming is a brick wall
that, if not tackled
carefully, could stop
progress dead. So, we
need to talk about it.
How Do You Solve a
Problem Like Arizona,
Virginia or ... more
Blog: The Sun in the North by Johan M.
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— The sun in the North is a
temporary guestWho brings
with him much warmth and
light when he comesFor a
few precious months every
year he keepsUs company
through night and day He
makes the trees green, he
makes flowers bloomHe
makes the birds sing, and
... more
Blog: Galahs Galore by Gitie H.
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by Annette Butterss
We moved from the city to
a property on the
Bellarine Peninsula,
Victoria that combined
plant nursery and display
gardens along with
natural bushland.
Throughout the 12
(drought stricken) years
we lived there we
developed a keen ... more
Blog: US Spaceflight Ambitions Must Face Budget Reality, NASA Chief Says by mark s.
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HOUSTON
â
Charles Bolden, NASA's
chief and a
self-described dreamer,
says there is a line
between dreams and
reality when it comes to
what the space agency can
do, especially in light
of current budget
constraints.
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