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• The urge to save humanity

  The worst scientific scandal of our generation The reason why even the Guardian's George Monbiot has expressed total shock and dismay at the picture revealed by the documents is that their authors are not just any old bunch of academics. Their importance cannot be overestimated, What we are looking at [...]
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  Posted: November 29, 2009, 4:43pm EST
  

• Lady Knights move to 4-0

  The Norwell Girls' Basketball team moved to 4-0, topping Jay County 50-46 on Friday night.' [...]
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  Posted: November 29, 2009, 4:25pm EST
  

• A little entertainment for a Friday night

  Gotta like that guy on the left, eh? [...]
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  Posted: November 27, 2009, 7:20pm EST
  

• New York Law: Throw away donated food

  The nanny-state trans-fat law in New York means that any fried food donated to food banks or homeless shelters is just thrown into the garbage.  Even though the lines at the New York soup kitchens are up over 20 percent due to the economy, any food cooked in trans-fat and [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 8:32pm EST
  

• Aussie Politicians Resign over Global Warming Bill

  If only American politicians would resign on principle -- or resign ever, for that matter. [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 8:22pm EST
  

• Norwell 49, Concordia 44

  The Lady Knights bring home a squeaker over Concordia 49-44 to move to 3-0 on the season. The Knights and the Cadets were tied, 34-34 at the end of the third quarter and then...Janelle Wilson made six free throws in the last quarter and Amanda McAfee hit a threepointer and [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 8:16am EST
  

• Making Mock O' Uniforms

  Rudyard Kipling wrote the title of this post in his poem "Tommy" about how society treats soldiers. Some say George Orwell was thinking of Kipling's poem when he wrote that "Those who abjure violence can only do so because others are committing violence on their behalf." And some say Winston [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 6:51am EST
  

• White House Flickr

  I didn't realize that the White House has it's own Flickr photostream.' [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 10:47pm EST
  

• The Wilding of Sarah Palin

  A very nice read from the American Thinker by Robin of Berkeley It has been almost two years since I woke up and broke up with liberalism. During these many months, I've discovered that everything I believed was wrong.But the biggest shock of all has been realizing that the Democratic' [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 2:23pm EST
  

• Mending Health Care

  A few nice comments by Yuval Levin The case for Obamacare as cost reduction just won't pass the laugh test anymore, and no one seems to make it. The case for covering everyone isn't heard all that much either, since the Democrats' plans won't do that. The case for improved [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 11:58am EST
  

• Card Flourishes: Dimitri Arleri - "Opera"

  Be sure to check out the links at .thecuso [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 8:47am EST
  

• Not everyone's cup of tea...

  You can click on the picture to go to a site that is full of very odd pictures... not all of them are safe for work and not all of them are everyone's cup of tea.' [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 9:20pm EST
  

• Clint Eastwood

  A very nice article about Clint Eastwood.His breakthrough role—playing the Man with No Name in those spaghetti Westerns? He's in his midthirties when he does those. He doesn't direct his first movie, the still riveting Play Misty for Me, until he's 40. And Dirty Harry? He's 41 when he makes' [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 9:06pm EST
  

• Microsoft of America

  Interesting.... the United States National Security Agency has been collaborating with MicroSoft on their Operating Systems since Windows 98 days... including Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7. The NSA says, it is just using its"unique expertise and operational knowledge of system threats and vulnerabilities to enhance Microsoft's operating system security" [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 8:41pm EST
  

• So Peaceful...

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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 7:57pm EST
  

• Anthropogenic Global Warming Theory: A Deliberate Fraud

  Many will spin the contents of the emails hacked out of the Climate Research Unit at the University of East Anglia in England, but the dirt will be impossible to sweep under the rug. Climate scientists have been caught red-handed downplaying the last ten year of global cooling, blackballing skeptics'' [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 7:47pm EST
  

• Why Lugar Remains

  Who among us, assuming we have the needed funds to live as we want, would continue to work into our late seventies?  Senator Lugar is going to be 78 in April, he'll be 80 at the end of his current term in 2012.  Why does Lugar remain?  He is our' [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 11:22pm EST
  

• Purdue defeats Indiana

  Speaking of headlines that never get old... Purdue trounced Indiana 38-21 to bring home to old oaken bucket today. [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 9:16pm EST
  

• Norwell defeats Bluffton

  Ah, that classic "Norwell defeats Bluffton" headline just never gets old.  This time it was girls' basketball and Norwell knocked Bluffton out, 82 to 29.' [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 9:10pm EST
  

• Bishop Luers 52, Rensselaer 21

  Congratulations Bishop Luers on your Semi-state victory over Rensselaer.  52-21... not nearly so close as last week... [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 11:43pm EST
  

• Sarah Palin in Fort Wayne

  It's interesting, isn't it, that Sarah Palin can attract a large, devoted crowd, but Wane TV's site attracts few positive comments and plenty of insulting ones.  The comments are under the article if you click on the link and are pretty typical of those on the Left who seek only' [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 6:58pm EST
  

• Remembering the Pacer/Piston Brawl

  It's been five years since Ron Artest leapt from the press table into the crowd at the Palace. [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 6:32pm EST
  

• Who's your favorite artist

  If you want to be in a drawing to win the Heidi Malott painting above, click on the painting and post a comment on her site stating your favorite artist, living or dead. Good luck! [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 1:14pm EST
  

• Pertussis and Tetanus

  I'm sure everyone must know this but me, but I thought I'd pass it along as a public service anyway.  After a bad cold and a couple of rounds of antibiotics last spring, I felt fine but had a nasty cough all summer.  I spoke to my doctor yesterday and [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 8:44am EST
  

• To the victims of Toby Schwartz

  Please keep all the victims of Toby Schwartz, the drug addict, car thief, rapist, in your thoughts and prayers.  Having someone break into your home, confront you, and take what's yours is haunting and damaging enough.  When the home broken into and the thing taken is your own body, perhaps [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 7:47am EST
  

• Al just wants the Earth to be a Star

  Ooops... Al Gore, in promoting geothermal energy on the Conan O'Brien show, claimed the temperature in the interior of the Earth is several million degrees.  But Al.... the scientific consensus is that the very core of the Earth, the warmest center, is around five thousand degrees. Hey, he only exaggerated' [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 7:20am EST
  

• Colts 35, Patriots 34

  How 'bout those Colts!  ... Bill Belichick's decision to go for it on 4th and 2 on his side of the 50 yard line, with less than two minutes to go, was one of the gutsiest things I had ever seen in my life.Gutsy and, it turns out, stupid. Stupid' [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 7:41pm EST
  

• Flu Plague strikes Ukraine

  Pretty scary stuff... A cocktail of three flu viruses are reported to have mutated into a single pneumonic plague, which it is believed may be far more dangerous than swine flu. The death toll has reached 189 and more than 1 million people have been infected...President Yushchenko said: "People are" [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 10:43am EST
  

• Lady Knights start off right

  The Norwell Girls started off their 2009/2010 basketball season the right way, with a 59-35 victory over Bishop Dwenger.Jessica Rupright led Norwell with 20 points followed by Janelle Wilson with 18. The bulk of Rupright's points came in the first half but foul trouble took her to the bench.Nice call [...]
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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 5:09pm EST
  

• Revisiting the Ossian Rampage

  I wondered here before just what the police in Berne were thinking when they gave  Toby Schwartz home detention... now it turns out he was headed to jail and escaped, in handcuffs, from the police department.  He was a fugitive at the time he broke into that home over on [...]
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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 4:50pm EST
  

• Bishop Luers 54, Lewis Cass 53 in two Overtimes

  Wow... 107 points scored in a high school playoff football game.... that's a night to remember [...]
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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 8:20pm EST
  

• Neuskool

  Like Internet links? Click on the picture to go to Neuskool... a great set of useful links. [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 9:59pm EST
  

• A Fascinating Article on Biotechnology in Sports

  Aimee Mullins (running on a beach in the picture above) writes a fascinating article on athletes and biotechnology. Just how much can athletes be aided by technology before those defeated start talking "unfair advantage."I wrote about Oscar Pistorius during the last Olympics and wondered whether he should be allowed to [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 8:51pm EST
  

• Water on the Moon

  Well that's about a century of scientific certainty out the window.  How can there be water on the moon? Michael Wargo, chief lunar scientist at NASA headquarters in Washington, said the latest discovery also could unlock the mysteries of the solar system.He listed several options as sources for the water, [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 6:56pm EST
  

• Bishop D'Arcy to Announce his Retirement

  WOWO is reporting that Bishop D'Arcy will be announcing his retirement tomorrow, November 14th. Bishop John D'Arcy confirmed for WSBT Radio the announcement does involve the appointment of a new bishop. He said the new bishop is currently serving in another diocese.Bishop D'Arcy was appointed in 1985.' [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 6:34pm EST
  

• A Farmer's Life is not an Easy Life

  In days gone by, we used to wear flannel shirts and wave bandannas and call ourselves farmers as we followed Norwell's teams through the seasons, through the years.  But most of us were not farmers... some were, but most were not.  Farming is a hard, dangerous job and perhaps only [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 9:30pm EST
  

• Revisiting the Previous President

  In the article "Thank you former President George W. Bush and former First Lady Laura Bush," two gay Chicagoans find themselves re-evaluating the Bush years after finding that President and Mrs. Bush have quietly met with the Ft. Hood families victimized by the shooting... If you have been reading us [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 8:10pm EST
  

• Society Advances even if we're unaware

  Sometimes you just don't realize how far society has advanced until you encounter a 1987 Crystal Light National Aerobic Championship video...' [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 10:18am EST
  

• Dog's welcoming their owners home from deployment

  What nice videos [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 9:42am EST
  

• Some People...

  Jim Carrey, that guy who's been making $20 million for each and every movie over the last 15 years and owns his own 25 million dollar plane, says America is a greedy country.  Well... he ought to know.  He's the guy who wrote himself a $20 million check when he [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 7:57pm EST
  

• "Every day is a bonus": Veteran's Day November 2009 in DC.

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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 12:10pm EST
  

• Asteroid 2009VA -- near miss on Friday 11/6

  Asteroid 2009VA just missed hitting the Earth on Friday.  Scientists say it would have mostly burned up in the atmosphere if it would have hit the Earth... but there was very little warning of the near miss. [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 11:21am EST
  

• Carbon Leaf - War Was In Color

  Thanks, to all our men and women in uniform.hat tip: Michael Heinbaugh for the video [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 9:51am EST
  

• The Horse Genome

  The genome of the domestic horse has been mapped by a team of scientists. The team surveyed the extent of genetic variation both within and across breeds to create a catalogue of more than one million single-letter genetic differences in these breeds.This is slightly larger than the genome of the [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 8:31pm EST
  

• Ida Oil Prices

  Are you ready for $4 a gallon gasoline prices again?  It appears Hurricane Ida is going to affect the Gulf of Mexico Oil lanes. The Gulf is the source of 25 percent of U.S. domestically produced oil and 15 percent of natural gas. About 40 percent of U.S. refining capacity [...]
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  Posted: November 08, 2009, 9:31pm EST
  

• Reaping the Whirlwind

  Jerry Pournelle writes from a lifetime of experience and makes a lot of sense.  Why wasn't the Fort Hood shooter brought up on charges of treason the moment it was discovered that he sided with our enemies? Political correctness was the cause of the Fort Hood Massacre, and we ought' [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 11:23pm EST
  

• 8 shot in Orlando... What's going on!

  At least 8 shot at Orlando High Rise, killer on the loose [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 1:23pm EST
  

• Taylor Wins 36-35!

  I thought you might enjoy the last couple minutes of the Taylor-Marion game on Halloween as called by our own Sevens member Tim George, the Voice of Taylor Football. Taylor came from far behind to win their Homecoming game 36-35 in a walk-off touchdown catch by Ryan Magnuson for his [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 11:37pm EST
  

• Dog Scent Lineups

  I can hardly believe this isn't a joke from The Onion, but there are actually people in jail based solely on a dog alerting on their scent among other scents in a lineup.  The 2004 F.B.I. report warned that dog scent work "should not be used as primary evidence," but' [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 6:38pm EST
  

• Norwell News Blog

  You can find great pictures and stories on the Norwell News Blog.ps... and, if you must, you can always take a look at the Bluffton Bloggers and the Southern Wells Raider Report. Thanks to Jerry Battiste of the Bluffton News-Banner for getting the area schools up and running on their [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 5:57pm EST
  

• The Worst Bill Ever

  The Wall Street Journal looks at the new Health Care Bill coming out of the House. [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 5:43pm EST
  

• Dolphins

  Dolphin intelligence... interesting. [...]
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  Posted: November 01, 2009, 10:13pm EST
  

• Happy Halloween, Everyone

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  Posted: November 01, 2009, 9:56pm EST