Home » 2010 » September (Page 2)Posted by John Malloy on 09/18/2010
Sarah Palin has often suggested that she believes her rise to power is divinely ordained. She is, moreover, the only contemporary American politician whose admirers openly describe her as a modern-day version of a biblical character. On the main pro-Palin blog, Conservatives4Palin, many postings contemplate Palin’s resemblance to Queen Esther, the eponymous hero of a [...]
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A proposed Islamic center near ground zero is slowly being embraced by some Muslims who initially were indifferent about the plan, partly in response to a sense that their faith is under attack. A summit of U.S. Muslim organizations is scheduled to begin Sunday in New York City to address both the project and a [...]
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This week, Mexico commemorated the 200th anniversary of the beginning of its War of Independence. In September of 1810, a Mexican priest named Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla uttered a call to arms against the Spanish, later known as the Grito de Dolores (“Cry of Dolores”). Soon after began a series of battles with the Spanish [...]
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By Rady Ananda Agribusiness giant Monsanto, which genetically modifies plants to exude or tolerate pesticide or to produce nonviable seed, hired the services of the mercenary firm Blackwater to spy on activists, Jeremy Scahill reports. A death-tech firm weds a hit squad. This is no doubt in response to a decade of GM crop sabotage [...]
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naturesblend.ca Angela’s Story … I was raised on a 100 acre farm. We were as self-sufficient as possible with growing our own food, large herb garden, livestock, bees for our own honey, etc. My father studied agriculture in Germany before coming to Canada and along with reading a multitude of books on herbal and natural [...]
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iPod touch (2010), the fourth generation of Apple’s app-enabled, phone-disabled iOS platform brings with it everything we’ve been waiting for in a mini tablet, but nowhere near enough of it. But that’s often the ecstasy and the agony of Apple. Since we’ve already posted both our iPhone 4 review, which has similar hardware, and iOS [...]
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Your New Best Friends… Yes, you know better, but a lot of good that does your taste buds. They still prefer potato chips to beets, fried chicken to canned fish, and pasta to just about anything. But what if you didn’t have to choose between good food and good-for-you food because they were one and [...]
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Zen is a school of Mahayana Buddhism. The Japanese word Zen is derived from the Chinese word Chán, which in turn is derived from the Sanskrit word dhyana, which means “meditation” or “meditative state.” Zen emphasises experiential prajna in the attainment of enlightenment. As such, it de-emphasizes theoretical knowledge in favor of direct realization through [...]
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ONE of the beguiling paradoxes of American politics is that a night of triumphs for the most conservative Republicans can breathe fresh hope into the hearts of demoralised Democrats. So it was on September 14th in the last bout of primaries before the mid-term elections. From Delaware to New York to New Hampshire, candidates from [...]
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The research, which was published in the journal NeuroImage, uses functional brain imaging to assess how the environment impacts upon our brain functions. The findings demonstrated that tranquil environmental scenes containing natural features, such as the sea, cause distinct brain areas to become `connected´ with one another whilst man-made environments, such as motorways, disrupt the [...]
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The deadline to apply to become a contestant in Dragons’ Den Meaford has been extended. Aspiring local entrepreneurs with a business idea now have until Monday, September 27th at 4:30pm to submit a one-page synopsis to the Meaford & District Chamber of Commerce. The extension will allow those with potential business ideas some additional time to flesh out [...]
