Killer tiger safe: Ontario police

CBC News - Toronto - Killer tiger safe: Ontario police

Tigers in the news.

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The global warming guerrillas

The global warming guerrillas | The Spectator

He's entirely right about the failure of the investigative reporters.

Danny Williams going to U.S. for heart surgery

CBC News - Nfld. & Labrador - Danny Williams going to U.S. for heart surgery: "Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams is set to undergo heart surgery this week in the United States."

It'll shorten wait times in Goose Bay.

Osama bin Laden enters global warming debate

Osama bin Laden enters global warming debate - Telegraph

Something comes to mind about lying with dogs and fleas.... and then it passes... strange.

California: Not Dysfunctional Enough!

small dead animals: California: Not Dysfunctional Enough!: "Now is the time at SDA when we juxtapose

BBC - California 'protects' Apollo 11 landing site on Moon

Mercury News - California controller: State will run out of cash before April"

J. D. Salinger, Enigmatic Author of ‘The Catcher in the Rye,’ Dies at 91

J. D. Salinger, Enigmatic Author of ‘The Catcher in the Rye,’ Dies at 91 - Obituary (Obit) - NYTimes.com: "(Mr. Salinger, who used italics almost as a form of musical notation, was a master not of literary speech but of speech as people actually spoke it)"

The “FDIC lotto” reason banks aren’t lending

The “FDIC lotto” reason banks aren’t lending | Analysis & Opinion | Reuters: "The problem here is that healthy banks end up competing with each other to have the largest capital surplus and therefore the greatest chance of being anointed in this manner by the FDIC. If everybody was lending, the FDIC would still have to place failed banks’ assets and deposits with someone. But instead we get the opposite corner solution, where nobody is lending — except, presumably, for banks which are close to failure and need all the interest income they can get. I wonder whether the FDIC has anybody thinking about how to counteract this syndrome."

Public's Priorities for 2010: Economy, Jobs, Terrorism: Summary of Findings

Public's Priorities for 2010: Economy, Jobs, Terrorism: Summary of Findings - Pew Research Center for the People & the Press

Paying Zero for Public Services

Paying Zero for Public Services | Exploring the interactions among public opinion, governance, and the public sphere: "In Doha last month, CommGAP learned about the work of 5th Pillar, which has a unique initiative to mobilize citizens to fight corruption. In India, petty corruption is pervasive – people often face situations where they are asked to pay bribes for public services that should be provided free. 5th Pillar distributes zero rupee notes in the hopes that ordinary Indians can use these notes as a means to protest demands for bribes by public officials. I recently spoke with Vijay Anand, 5th Pillar’s president, to learn more about this fascinating initiative."

Does the United States own any pandas or are they all on a lease?

Does the United States own any pandas or are they all on a lease? | Answerbag: "THE UNITED STATES DO NOT OWN ANY OF THE PANDAS.. THEY BELONG TO CHINA AND ARE ON LOAN FOR 12 YEARS. THEY ARE TO BE RETURNED WHEN AND IF THE EPIDEMIC THAT THREATENS TO WIPE THEM OUT IS EVER GONE. ALL THE BABIES BORN TO THE PANDAS ARE ALSO TO BE RETURNED TO CHINA AND DO NOT BELONG TO THE UNITED SATES.. THEY BELONG TO CHINA. ANY AND ALL PANDAS AND BABIES"

Fooling Yourself

Fooling Yourself � Cheap Talk: "I once tried setting my watch ahead a few minutes to help me make it to appointments on time. At first it worked, but not because I was fooled. I would glance at the watch, get worried that I was late, then remember that the watch is fast. But that brief flash acted as a sort of preview of how it feels to be late. And the feeling is a better motivator than the thought in the abstract."

Not From The Onion

Marginal Revolution: Not From The Onion: "The 9,000-student K-8 district this week pulled all copies of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary after an Oak Meadows Elementary School parent complained about a child stumbling across definitions for 'oral sex.'

The decision was made without consultation with the district's school board and has raised concerns among First Amendment experts and some parents.

Other parents and Menifee residents, though, have praised the district's decision, saying a collegiate-level dictionary is inappropriate for younger children.

Words fail me and now apparently also the students in Menifee."

The economics of child soldiering

The economics of child soldiering – Chris Blattman

There's no reason for Rod Stewart's Soulbook to be taking up space in the world

There's no reason for Rod Stewart's Soulbook to be taking up space in the world | Vancouver, Canada | Straight.com

The psychology of power: Absolutely

The psychology of power: Absolutely | The Economist: "These results, then, suggest that the powerful do indeed behave hypocritically, condemning the transgressions of others more than they condemn their own."

Popeye Admits To Spinach Use

BREAKING: Popeye Admits To Spinach Use | The Awl

Biblical citations found on Forces’ gunsights

Biblical citations found on Forces’ gunsights

I'm pretty sure our enemy would care more about the bullets than the vague inscription.

Covering Haiti: When the Media Is the Disaster

Guernica / A Magazine of Art & Politics: "I’m talking, of course, about those members of the mass media whose misrepresentation of what goes on in disaster often abets and justifies a second wave of disaster. I’m talking about the treatment of sufferers as criminals, both on the ground and in the news, and the endorsement of a shift of resources from rescue to property patrol. They still have blood on their hands from Hurricane Katrina, and they are staining themselves anew in Haiti."

Improving Access to Research -- Courant et al. 327 (5964): 393 -- Science

Improving Access to Research -- Courant et al. 327 (5964): 393 -- Science

The sweet irony is that this Improving Access article is behind a firewall.

A Canadian misunderstanding: Just history

A Canadian misunderstanding: Just history | The Economist: "This is known online as the Scunthorpe problem, after the town in Britain whose residents were initially unable to register with AOL because its name contained an obscenity."

Who will lead Haiti's security?

Who will lead Haiti's security? | Al Jazeera Blogs: "There appear to be some rising tensions between countries leading the relief efforts in Haiti. We know the US is sending in upwards of 10,000 troops to the country. But since 2004, Brazil’s military has been the commanding force leading the Haiti UN peacekeeping mission, technically referred to as MINUSTAH. Brazil has about 1,700 soldiers in Haiti and commands about another 5,300 UN forces in Haiti."

Billy Corgan, Jessica Simpson split

Billy Corgan, Jessica Simpson split | Stuff.co.nz

Wait... What?

France alarmed over anthrax-tainted heroin in Europe

France alarmed over anthrax-tainted heroin in Europe

OMG it's gonna kill you faster!

Color Me A Dinosaur

Color Me A Dinosaur - Weather Sealed: "Ever industrious, Velo also calculated the average growth rate: 2.56% annually. For maximum understandability, he reformulated it as “Crayola’s Law,” which states:

The number of colors doubles every 28 years!"

FloDesign high efficiency Wind Turbine based on Jet engine technology

YouTube - FloDesign high efficiency Wind Turbine based on Jet engine technology