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Qatar, Allies Tighten Coordination of Arms Flows to Syria
World  (tags: 'HUMANRIGHTS!', conflict, ethics, GoodNews, government, HumanRights, middle-east, politics, society, UnitedNations, usa, world, violence, terrorism )

JL
- 1 day ago - reuters.com
* Qatar security official says Qatar cooperating with CIA * Syria rebels say arms imports being routed through National Coalition * Britain, France discuss lifting EU ban on arming rebels
Take Action: Oppose House Proposal to Increase Student Loan Interest Rates
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: abuse, americans, congress, dishonesty, ethics, economy, government, lies, politics, propaganda, republicans, usa )

JL
- 1 day ago - capwiz.com
Take a look at the Smarter Solutions for Students Act (H.R. 1911): This bill claims to keep interest rates on federal student loans from doubling on July 1, but there's nothing "smart" about the way it proposes to do that.
Global Ban For Flame Retardant
Science & Tech  (tags: world, study, society, scientists, science, safety, research, news, interesting, humans, health, animals, environment )

JL
- 1 day ago - cen.acs.org
Chemical makers and environmental advocates are praising a move last week by governments from around the world to end production and use of the flame retardant hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD).
Plant Therapy: The Biotherapeutics Revolution
Health & Wellness  (tags: study, treatment, research, safety, prevention, nutrition, protection, medicine, interesting, illness, health, food, disease, ethics, diet, AlternativeMed, AlternativeMed )

JL
- 1 day ago - weizmann-usa.org
Today, scientists are looking at plants in entirely new ways and finding new health uses, such as using plants as bioreactors, or "biological factories," for producing therapeutic proteins & medicinal metabolites, or even as photodynamic agents to targe
Video:Letterman's 'Top 10 Reasons I Decided to Become a Teacher'
Offbeat  (tags: funny, ethics, americans, humor, off-beat, society )

JL
- 1 day ago - takepart.com
In this funny clip, ten rookie educators from Teach for America tell Letterman why they entered the teaching profession.
Video:World's Weirdest - Narwhals
Offbeat  (tags: animals, environment, interesting, off-beat, wildlife, unusual )

JL
- 1 day ago - biologicaldiversity.org
The so-called unicorn horns once prized by Renaissance collectors &thought to have magical powers likely belonged not to mythical white horses but to the chunky, odd-looking whales we know as narwhals, which are now among the marine animals threatened
Video:Protecting America's Most Endangered Rivers
Science & Tech  (tags: scientists, science, society, research, news, environment, discovery, health, humans, history, business, design )

JL
- 1 day ago - secure2.convio.net
a great new video about the Colorado River that I hope you will take 3 minutes to watch.
Cuba Comes Online Following Completion of Underseas Cable From Jamaica
Science & Tech  (tags: world, technology, tech, internet )

JL
- 1 day ago - bigstory.ap.org
A new branch of the Venezuela-to-Cuba undersea fiber-optic cable has reportedly come online, linking the island to nearby Jamaica, increasing Cuba's potential international communications bandwidth and providing a backup for the main line.
Take Action:Stop the Trans-Atlantic Free Trade Agreement (TAFTA): The Corporate Attack on Our Environmental and Consumer Safegua
Business  (tags: abuse, americans, business, consumers, corporate, corruption, cover-up, dishonesty, economy, ethics, finance, government, investing, investments, investors, law, lies, marketing, money, politics, society, usa, world )

JL
- 1 day ago - action.citizen.org
No Backroom Deals for Corporate Giants Negotiations on the U.S.-EU "free trade" deal, aka TAFTA, could begin soon. More than 600 corporate advisors are in the driver's seat, hoping to tip the scales for the 1% and shut out the public and Congress from in
The Secret of the Smile
Science & Tech  (tags: scientists, society, science, research, news, interesting, humans, concept, study )

JL
- 1 day ago - wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il
A study conducted in the laboratory of Dr. Rony Paz of the Weizmann Institute's Neurobiology Department has for the first time revealed how the brain integrates self-monitoring with observations of others.
 
 
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