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Video- President Obama raises record-breaking $86 million

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The more people see the R candidates, the more they cling to the President. President Obama’s reelection campaign and the Democratic National Committee together raised a whopping $86 million in the second quarter of 2011, campaign manager Jim Messina announced … Continue reading → Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Political Carnival Discovery Date : 13/07/2011 13:48 Number of articles : 3

Video- President Obama raises record-breaking $86 million

The 20’s Plenty for Us Campaign (Video)

Roads in Residential Areas Should be Safe for All In residential areas, lowering the speed limit for cars not only reduces the number of accidents, injuries and deaths, but it also revitalises the neighborhood by encouraging more people to walk and bike. When people feel safe on the streets, they use greener forms of transportation more often. That’s the main argument of the 20’s Plenty for Us campaign in the UK, and looking at the results in areas where the 20 MPH speed limit was implemented, it looks like they a… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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The Last Thing We Need is More Cyclists

These are cyclists Joe at BikingToronto suggests that we have more than enough cyclists, but need more people who ride bikes. It is an idea he picked up from Josh in Seattle, who writes that biking should be easy and comfortable: The more people who ride, the safer and more acceptable bicycling becomes. In order for that to happen, bicycling (or bicycling combined with transit) needs to be the easiest mode for short trips. Those Dutch commuters aren’t riding … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Relinquishment Can Be Fun! Redefining the Pursuit of Happiness to Create a Greener World

Eating like this every day wouldn’t be very good for the environment — and it wouldn’t be much of a treat either. Photo by Jennifer Hattam. Before I moved to Istanbul, I always thought of eating seasonally as a great idea in theory, but kind of a chore in practice. How were you supposed to remember if it was OK to eat asparagus in October or oranges in April? What if you really, really wanted to cook

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Beach Butts Scarier Than Sharks, Survey Says

Credit: Flickr via tata aka k . Summer time is beach time, if you can find the time. And if you’re not too frightened to show off your winter/spring body. It turns out more people are frightened of finding discarded bottles and cigarette butts than they are of being eaten by sharks at the beach. East Coast beaches also are better than West Coast beaches. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Were Miley and Selena Told to Diss New Moon?

Why are people so up in arms about the comments Miley Cyrus made about not liking Twilight? I’m sure there are plenty more people out there that don’t care for it either. …

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7.2 Million people who didn’t vote (NYC 2009)

An estimated 8.3 million people live in New York City.

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Blockbuster Must Be Pretty Desperate

As more people are switching to Netflix and online alternatives for movie rentals, Blockbuster has decided to take a new approach to get customers. Contribute: Add an image, link, video or comment

Law enforcement group takes ‘legalize drugs’ message to Washington Post readers

Peter Moskos and Stanford “Neill” Franklin — one a college professor, the other a former police officer, both members of the group Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP) — saw their advocacy of ending drug prohibition published Monday morning by The Washington Post. Their argument is compelling

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A green home addition that Is literally green

As more people get turned on to sustainability and try to make more environmentally responsible choices, the usual starting point from which they begin is in their own homes. This home addition in Venice, CA takes green home renovation to the next level by making a majority of its exterior cladding literally green with vegetation. added by: theauthor 2 responses

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