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Kaley Cuoco Pushes Dog Bibs on Instagram, Continues to Have Too Much Time on Her Hands

Hey, did ya hear? Kaley Cuoco loves her dogs ! We assume you’re already aware, because despite the fact that Kaley signed a $90 million contract for three more seasons of The Big Bang Theory she’s still just as famous for her Instagram as she is for her acting. And her Instagram is Dog City. Which is cool. Kaley’s an animal lover in general, and she’s done some great work with conservationist organizations, but sometimes she goes a little overboard with her pet love. Take her latest invention, for example: Yup. Dog bibs. “Our idea is sweeping the nation,” Kaley wrote along with hashtags reading, “#SharkTank” and “MillionDollarIdea.” Clearly Kaley is kidding (we hope), so we won’t let the ridiculousness of the dog bibs distract from the larger question which is: Does she really keep her dogs on a vegetarian diet? Is that humane? Hopefully she at least lets them lap up a bowl of gravy now and then so the other pups at the dog park don’t give them the cold shoulder when they show up rockin’ kale breath. Kaley’s husband Ryan Sweeting looks about as thrilled with the menu as the pooch does. We know Kaley’s stirctly veggie but maybe she could take some of that 90 mill and toss a t-bone to the dudes in the house now and then. 33 Hottest Pics of Kaley Cuoco 1. Kaley Cuoco Bikini Photo The world’s hottest Kaley Cuoco bikini photo. Which is saying a lot.

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Wild Progenitors of Key Domesticated Food Crops To Be Collected, Catalogued & Saved in Vault

photo: IRRI Images / Creative Commons One of the groups behind the Arctic doomsday seed preservation vault (that’s not its official name…), the Global Crop Diversity Trust , has another plan in store for helping humanity survive the coming changes to our climate that will push our food production capabilities to the brink. As

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Be Generous for Streetsblog NYC’s First Fundraiser

Image: Screen capture from Streetsblog.org We Need More Orgs Like StreetsBlog! Our friends at StreetsBlog NYC are in the middle of their first fundraiser ever. The first four years of their existence were funded by a very generous single donor (thanks, Mark Gorton !), but they now need help from the larger community to keep going. They are registered as a non-profit, so anything you donate is tax-deductible. You can read their appeal

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VA Docs Prohibited From Recommending Medical Marijuana to Returning Vets

The U.S. Veterans Administration (VA) recently adopted a policy prohibiting VA physicians from recommending medical marijuana to their patients, even if marijuana is the safest and most effective medicine to treat Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and other service-related conditions. No doubt the policy stems, in part, from the VA's efforts to address the serious problem of drug abuse among returning veterans. Veterans' advocates and organizations like the Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) certainly share this concern; last fall, DPA issued a report calling for immediate policy changes to improve veterans' substance abuse and mental health treatment. Yet seen from the larger perspective of helping veterans adjust to civilian life, the VA's stance on medical marijuana is counterproductive and harmful. The ban means that–despite their service to our country–veterans who reside in the 14 states that have legalized medical marijuana are denied the same rights as every other resident of these states. At minimum, the VA should be actively studying whether cannabis and its unique chemical ingredients can be used to reduce post-combat trauma without contributing to drug dependency. Ample research and anecdote strongly suggest this is the case. Patient reports and published research indicate that marijuana can be a highly effective treatment for PTSD, a condition afflicting nearly one in five veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. And overwhelming scientific evidence has already proven marijuana's safety and efficacy for treating conditions like chronic pain, which affects many combat-injured veterans. Marijuana, moreover, carries none of the risks associated with prescription drugs used to treat PTSD, which have been implicated in the tragic overdose deaths of several current conflict veterans. “I've run the gamut of different medications at the VA, and basically I was at my limit,” said decorated U.S. Army veteran Paul Culkin, a New Mexico medical marijuana patient who suffers from PTSD after serving in Iraq. “The medications were turning me into a zombie…medical cannabis made me a father and a husband again. It's been a blessing.” http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bob-kerrey/va-docs-prohibited-from-d_b_587763.html added by: JackHerer