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Alaska Chooses Largest Gold Mine Over Clean Water

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 15:14:44 GMT

clipped by: papananook
clipper's remarks: Suggest you read it all--Sarah Palin supported this minin project--ooops, there go the Salmon in that area...some more info on the "Independent" Alaskan voters:
But on Aug. 26, Alaskans voted down a ballot measure that proponents had cast as crucial to the future survival of Bristol Bay salmon. Ballot measure 4, which survived a challenge that went all the way to the state Supreme Court to remain on the state's primary ballot, would have prohibited large metal mines from contaminating salmon streams and drinking water sources. Though by law the ballot measure couldn't name a specific project, everyone knew it was aimed at the proposed Pebble Mine, which if developed as planned would be North America's largest open pit gold mine, also mining copper and molybdenum (a crucial element in steel).

Clip Source: www.alternet.org

Alaska is one step closer to approving Pebble Mine, which threatens the world's largest salmon fishery and native communities.

[Video]

The spawning of salmon is something of a primal, epic drama. After spending their life of several years in the sea, the fish make their way up streams to the places where they were born. They don't eat, all their energy focused on their single-minded goal of spawning, after which they will die. Their flesh turns red from the effort, and hormones cause the males to develop a hump and a sinister-looking, toothy hooked beak.

The salmon life cycle is also part of the cycle of life for thousands of Alaska natives and Alaskans in general. Bristol Bay is known as the world's largest wild salmon fishery. With more than 30 million salmon worth hundreds of millions of dollars caught per year, it is a bedrock of commercial fishing and Alaska natives' subsistence fishing as well as a popular sport-fishing destination.

Mammoths moved 'out of America'

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:16:54 GMT

clipped by: amgumen

Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

Scientists have discovered that the last Siberian woolly mammoths may have originated in North America.

They believe that woolly mammoths survived through the period when the ice sheets were at their maximum, while other Ice Age mammals "crashed out".

a vast tundra plain that connected Asia and North America

about 1,000 miles from north to south at its greatest extent

was exposed and submerged as global sea levels changed during the Pleistocene

flooded and became the Bering Strait about 11,000 years ago

may have enabled migration of humans from Asia to the Americas

The expansion of North American forests may have "pushed the mammoths along", he added.

It is unclear if the Siberian mammoths experienced a "natural decline" or if they were outcompeted by the North American immigrants.

This study adds to a growing body of evidence about just how dramatic and tumultuous the Pleistocene climate actually was

Here we have evidence of local extinctions, replacements and long-distance dispersals

Miracle man walks again

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:07:32 GMT

clipped by: aizwaikcha

Clip Source: www.metro.co.uk

Miracle man walks again

When his body was cut in two by a lorry in 1995, it was little short of a medical miracle that he lived.

He survived against all the odds; now Peng Shulin has astounded doctors by learning to walk again.

Skin was grafted from his head to seal his torso – but the legless Mr Peng was left only 78cm (2ft 6in) tall.

They came up with an ingenious way to allow him to walk on his own, creating a sophisticated egg cup-like casing to hold his body with two bionic legs attached to it.

Mr Peng, who has to learn how to walk again, is said to be delighted with the device.

Mother Teresa

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:26:44 GMT

clipped by: buttershap

Clip Source: www.beliefnet.com

Born to Albanian parents in what is now Skopje, Macedonia (then part of the Ottoman Empire), Gonxha (Agnes) Bojaxhiu was the youngest of the three children who survived. For a time, the family lived comfortably, and her father's construction business thrived. But life changed overnight following his unexpected death.

Brain Blasting Laser

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:26:39 GMT

clipped by: tabsey
clipper's remarks: In a world first, a man was strapped to a bed in Paris and had laser beams fired into his brain. He not only survived but, amazingly, wasn't James Bond.

Clip Source: www.dailygalaxy.com

The revolutionary surgery was carried out at Pitié-Salpêtrière hospital to destroy a brain tumor that wasn't responding to conventional treatment. Drilling a hole in somebody's skull and piping laser destruction into it, on the other hand, definitely counts as "unconventional treatment" and destroyed the tumor.

A laser's ability to vaporise things is widely known - thanks to movies it was known long before it was actually true. But in medical applications the trick isn't blowing things up, but convincing the laser to stop burning things up in a precisely controlled way. In this case fiber optic cabling (like copper wire for light) was used to direct the laser to the correct location, and constant Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) allowed surgeons to monitor its progress on a screen - like a very expensive videogame. And you only get one life.

Brain Tumor Blasting Laser

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:02:27 GMT

clipped by: papananook
clipper's remarks: Now if Medical science could just give me a new back...

Clip Source: www.dailygalaxy.com

In a world first, a man was strapped to a bed in Paris and had laser beams fired into his brain. He not only survived but, amazingly, wasn't James Bond.

Unbelievably, this incredible example of genuine Mad Science converted to humanitarian efforts is running out of funding. Apparently people think "curing brain cancer" isn't important enough for a few million dollars of funding. (Note: America alone spends four billion dollars a year on cat food.)

We can only hope that somebody official gets their act together and budgets for some more research

Obama's Misleading, Confusing Abortion Rights Ads

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 08:28:55 GMT

clipped by: merrie
clipper's remarks: Obama’s new radio ad tells voters McCain “will make abortion illegal” is airing widely in at least seven swing states.

Kate Michelman, an informal Obama adviser who is the former president of the abortion-rights group NARAL Pro-Choice America, said she expected the campaign to expand its appeal to women on issues of abortion rights.

“This is a door opened to a longer campaign and strategic effort to ensure that women know the truth about John McCain and Gov. Palin,” she said, suggesting it would come “on the radio, in the mail, on the phones, and in the organizing on the ground.”

Though the campaign says the ad was released before Palin was chosen, Michelman said her selection, and her strong anti-abortion stance, would drive the issue closer to the center of the race.

“By his nomination of Gov. Palin, McCain has made his opposition to a woman’s right to decide a major campaign issue,” she said.

Clip Source: www.politico.com

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Barack Obama has launched a broadside against John McCain’s opposition to abortion rights and moved one of the most divisive issues in modern American politics to the airwaves on a large scale for the first time in this presidential campaign.

Obama supports abortion rights, though he was criticized by Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Democratic primary for avoiding votes on controversial abortion issues.

McCain aides didn’t respond to a question about the ad, but Republican Party communications director Danny Diaz responded by attacking Obama's opposition to an Illinois bill that advocates said would protect babies who survived abortions, and critics said was an attempt to limit all abortions.

“Barack Obama voted against a bill that would have protected infants born alive having survived an abortion attempt," said Diaz. "He has offered misleading statements on the issue and is now trying to confuse voters by attacking Senator McCain."

Tags: obama ad campaign, naral, pro-choice america,

Tough Cat

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 07:26:50 GMT

clipped by: twylightsoul

Clip Source: news.aol.com

Cat Survives 70-Mile Trip Under Truck

GILBERT, Ariz. (Sept. 2) - A cat survived a 2 1/2-hour trip on a spare tire under her owner's truck. Gil Smith recently drove from his Gilbert home 70 miles away for a business meeting in Kearny. When he got out of the truck, he heard a cat in distress and realized it was his.

Smith said the cat, Bella, was hysterical, shaky and tired, but was smart enough to know not to jump off the tire as the truck was moving.

Bella the cat went for a 70-mile ride, precariously perched on the spare tire under owner Gil Smith's truck. Smith drove for 2 1/2 hours before he stopped and heard her frantic meows. Bella was shaky and tired, but otherwise fine.
Click through for more animals in the news.

Smith said he canceled his meeting with a state Department of Economic Security official who had driven 50 miles to get to Kearny so he could get Bella home.

It was either that, or, he jokes, get a divorce.

Tags: animals, news

Yikes

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:56:52 GMT

clipped by: sillysam

Clip Source: www.foxnews.com

Balloonist Survives 9,000-Foot Fall at South Carolina Festival

ANDERSON, S.C. — Authorities say a Michigan man survived after his hot air balloon plunged thousands of feet at a South Carolina festival because the basket caught a tree limb 10 feet before it hit the ground.

Great Southeast Balloon Fest officials say pilot Chuck Walz, of Munith, Mich., broke his leg and pelvis Sunday morning, but has undergone surgery and his recovery is promising.

Anderson Fire Chief Jack Abraham says Walz's balloon may have been 9,000 feet in the air when it deflated.

Abraham says the balloon's basket was skewered by a tree branch 10 feet from ground, stopping its fall. Walz then fell from the basket to the ground. He was conscious when rescuers arrived.

Federal aviation officials are investigating the incident.

" Man shoots himself five times in the head and survives"

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 22:50:56 GMT

clipped by: cakebelly

Clip Source: mysterytopia.com

Man shoots himself five times in head and survives

An attempted suicide failed after an 84-year-old Argentine man, who shot himself five times in the head, miraculously survived.

The man also shot himself once in the stomach, state news agency Telam reported.

"Despite the serious injuries he was even conscious when we found him. He could not speak, but he sat on a stool and made himself understood through gestures," police officer Herman Ruben Gab was quoted as saying.

The man, who lived alone, reportedly used a very old gun and ammunition. The gunpowder did not explode with as much power as would normally occur, the officer said.

Diaper helps break baby's 30-foot fall

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 02:39:12 GMT

clipped by: saan-kpa
clipper's remarks: I thought stuff like this only happened in "Baby's Day Out," precocious-infant-type movies.

I wonder what brand the nappies are.

Clip Source: www.chicagotribune.com

Caua Felipe Massaneiro survived a 30-foot (10-meter) fall because his diaper snagged on a security spike embedded in the concrete wall around his apartment building in the northeastern Brazilian city of Recife.

The boy dangled from the spike for a moment, then "the diaper opened and the baby fell to the ground, but at a much slower speed," a police officer said. "The diaper obviously lessened the impact of the fall and saved the baby's life."

"It was a miracle," said the officer who declined to be identified because she was not authorized to speak to the press. "He could also have been killed by one of the spikes."

"It wasn't the diaper that saved him," Massaneiro told the newspaper. "It was God."

Disposable diaper saves baby!

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 22:19:41 GMT

clipped by: wintertown

Clip Source: news.yahoo.com

"It was a miracle," said the officer who declined to be identified because she was not authorized to speak to the press. "He could also have been killed by one of the spikes."

"It wasn't the diaper that saved him," Massaneiro told the newspaper. "It was God."

PaperOrFabricCoveredFileFolders

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 20:35:46 GMT

clipped by: ElizabethOtto

Clip Source: www.azcentral.com

Paper or Fabric Covered File Folders

We just survived tax season, so give your office accessories a face-lift. Instead of buying new folders, use extra scrapbook paper or fabric and sew it over the folder. It will bring them back to life.

Supplies
Used file folders
Scrapbook paper or fabric
Sewing machine

Directions
Lay the paper or fabric on the outside of the folder and sew the edges. Make sure to lengthen the stitches so you won't rip the folder. If you don't want to sew, use a glue stick - just make sure to seal down the edges.

Daily Kooks stoop to new lows to attack Palin

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 12:44:38 GMT

clipped by: Smoke TNT

Clip Source: moonbattery.com

Moonbats are at a loss on how to drag down the lovely Sarah Palin. Look what they've already stooped to in the cesspool known as Daily Kos.

[I]t appears that Pallin's [sic] last child, a baby with Down's syndrome, may not be hers. It may be that of her teenage daughter.

The evidence: Palin allegedly didn't "look pregnant" at six months, and her daughter was out of school with mono.

If only she were a liberal, it wouldn't matter who was the mother, because they could have just had the poor kid killed. If Trig survived the attempted abortion, they could have dumped him in the Soiled Utility Room and waited for him to die, like they do with Down syndrome kids in Chicago, thanks to policies dear to the heart of Barack Obama.

Tags: worthless, liberals, democrats

The Sullivan brothers

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 16:59:00 GMT

clipped by: mentalpez
clipper's remarks: A short account of the deaths of the five Sullivan brothers at Guadalcanal.

Clip Source: en.wikipedia.org

The Sullivan brothers were five siblings who all died during the same incident in World War II, the sinking of the light cruiser USS Juneau (CL-52), the vessel on which they all served.

As a direct result of the Sullivans' deaths, the U.S. War Department adopted the Sole Survivor Policy.

The Sullivans were not the only brother sailors on board the ship. There were at least thirty pairs of brothers including the four Rogers brothers from New Haven, Connecticut. Before the ill-fated Savo Island operation two of the Rogers were transferred to other commands. According to those who survived, had the ship returned to port safely at least two Sullivans would have also transferred.^{[citation needed]}

Tags: world war ii