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E-Waste Investigation Uncovers Problem of Fake "Green" Recyclers

Photo via Tom Raftery The Sacramento Bee has published an article that delves into the problem of e-waste — the mountains of electronic devices that have to be dealt with as consumers upgrade to ever newer, ever more numerous gadgets. However, more than just a deep look into a frustrating issue, the article uncovers ERI, an electronics recycler that claims to be green but is anything but. What ERI has done highlights a huge problem for the electronics recycling industry. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Here’s How Worm Compost Fights Plant Disease (Video)

Image credit: Cornell University I seem to be on somewhat of a worm compost kick of late. I’ve written about worm composting becoming big business , and I followed this up with a look at how worm compost can help suppress plant diseases . When I wrote this second post, Allison Jack—one of the researchers mentioned in the article—contacted us to alert us to the wealth of resource… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Glenn Beck Has Macular Dystrophy: Causes Central Vision Blindness

Conservative radio and television host Glenn Beck told a weekend gathering in Salt Lake City that he is going blind. He has been diagnosed with Macular dystrophy, which has no known treatment or cure. He could lose his central vision in a year. added by: gmc1

Man hit by six meteorites is being ‘targeted by aliens’

If you believe in aliens and that they visit Earth, but wondered why don't they speak to us? then you might want to blame Radivoje Lajic. According to the article Radivoje think he's annoyed some extraterrestrials because they keep hitting his house with meteorites, so far he's counted 6. “Lajic has his own explanation, of course. After the fifth rock struck his house, he said: 'I am obviously being targeted by extraterrestrials. I don't know what I have done to annoy them but there is no other explanation that makes sense. The chance of being hit by a meteorite is so small that getting hit six times has to be deliberate.'”-Metro Come on aliens leave old man Lajic alone, he says in the article he can't sleep when it rains because he thinks you're throwing more rocks at him. Damn neighbourhood kid aliens. added by: Mcellie

Marisa Miller Is Pure Perfection

Here are a few more pictures of supermodel Marisa Miller from the FHM article about how hot she is and how it’s next to impossible for me to ever get my private parts anywhere near anything as remotely spectacular this. Obviously that’s not what the article is about, but it might as well be, this woman is incredible. This is exactly how I imagined Marisa would do chores like water the lawn, do the dishes and make spaghetti… In some tiny boner inducing lingerie. She’s too perfect.

In Defense of "Eco" Fast Food

A pretty scathing critique of “eco-restaurants” recently ran in Newseek. Called Your Carbon Foodprint , the article honed in on the now-fully formed trend of eateries capitalizing on environmentally conscious values to appeal to a growing market — and, it charges, doing little but greenwashing in the process. The focus is on the vegetarian fast food chain Otarian , which is predictably assaulted it for committing a number of hypocrisies: Its owners don’t liv… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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2010 World Cup Animal Sacrifice? « EveryJoe

There is a news circulating that South Africa plans on kicking off the 2010 World Cup games by ‘sacrificing’ a cow (check out the article at Yahoo.com). This of course is upsetting some people as they seem to care if a cow get’s kil. … Isn’t killing the turkey apart of our tradition? My goodness people need to chill on other people’s traditions. I really hope South Africa does go ahead with their rituals. Image: Newscom. Sunday , October 25, 2009 – 3:58 am ET …

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Over Half Of Today’s Babies Are Expected To Live Past 100

Living to 100 may be seen as a long life now, but according to a new review, it may be the norm for babies born today. The article, appearing in the medical journal The Lancet, shows that based on current trajectories, more than half of all babies born in industrialized nations since the year 2000 can expect to live into the triple digits

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Parenthood makes moms more liberal, dads more conservative

What affect does having a kid have on your political leanings? According to this study, mothers tend to become more liberal on many issues while fathers become more conservative. Read the article at Science Daily for more details.

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Coast Guard, storm watchers await Bill

NECN: Jennifer Eagan, Chatham, Mass.) – The Coast Guard said that the waters were pretty dangerous on Saturday night.

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