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Cicero: The Duties of Government Officials
Seeded on Sat May 1, 2010 9:45 AM EDT (Harper's Magazine)
When America's Founding Fathers had won their revolution, they were presented with a challenge. What oath should be sworn? The oath binds the holder to his office, but by practice and tradition it went far beyond mere legality, imparting moral duties as well.
Urban Survival: The Final Act
Sun Dec 13, 2009 3:36 AM EST
Here we are, at the final installment of Urban Survival. I am killing this series for several reasons. First, my focus has shifted to something far more important and more immediate. I will share what that is with you all at a later date.
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The un-welcome - The Boston Globe
Seeded on Tue Dec 1, 2009 10:50 AM EST (The Boston Globe)
There's a certain kind of person - you may even be this kind of person - whose good will after receiving a favor and replying with "thank you" is completely wiped out when the response is not the traditional "you're welcome," but instead the breezier "no problem."
Urban Survival: The List & The Timeline
Sun Nov 29, 2009 12:30 PM EST
For those just joining us and to those that are regular visitors of Urban Survival, greetings. This installment is a bit different, more than just a bit longer and its aim a bit more ambitious than normal.
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In Reversal, Panel Urges Mammograms at 50, Not 40 - NYTimes.com
Seeded on Mon Nov 16, 2009 9:09 PM EST (The New York Times)
Congress requires Medicare to pay for annual mammograms. Medicare can change its rules to pay for less frequent tests if federal officials direct it to. Private insurers are required by law in every state except Utah to pay for mammograms for women in their 40s.
Can the Right Kinds of Play Teach Self-Control? - NYTimes.com
Seeded on Sun Sep 27, 2009 10:31 AM EDT (The New York Times)
If you want to succeed in school and in life, they say, you first need to do what Abigail and Jocelyn and Henry have done every school day for the past two years: spend hour after hour dressing up in firefighter hats and wedding gowns, cooking make-believe hamburgers and pouring …
Really? - The Claim - Cinnamon Oil Kills Bacteria. - Question - NYTimes.com
Seeded on Sun Sep 13, 2009 8:13 PM EDT (The New York Times)
A recent study by a team of surgeons, for example, found that a solution made with cinnamon oil killed a number of common and hospital-acquired infections, like streptococcus and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA.
Urban Survival: Home Is Where the Heart Is
Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:41 AM EDT
Friends and skeptics, welcome to another installment of Urban Survival, a writing where I let loose the tide of doom and paranoia in a vain attempt at steering yet a few more to the shores of liberty and perception.
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Michael Pollan: "Don't Buy Any Food You've Ever Seen Advertised"
Seeded on Fri May 15, 2009 4:48 PM EDT (AlterNet.org)
Transcript of an interview with Professor Michael Pollan about how we can help to reduce health care costs by eating less processed and more nutritional food.
Hey there, Joe Six-Pack
Seeded on Sat Oct 4, 2008 9:29 PM EDT (copperwise.livejournal.com)
Sarah Palin et al like to call us "Joe Six-Pack," and they think we like it too. They think it sounds folksy and homey and cute.
An Exit Interview With Dennis McCann
Mon Aug 4, 2008 12:07 PM EDT
Update: Dennis is staying. Today he posted this: An agreement has been reached between the staff, myself, and several other involved parties, concerning the ongoing harassment that has occurred on Newsvine.
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LA Weekly - Captain Charles Moore Fighting the Plastic Plague in the Deep Blue Sea
Seeded on Wed Jul 30, 2008 5:56 PM EDT (LA Weekly)
Captain Charles Moore rips open a Ziploc bag and sinks his calloused sailor's hand into the bag's colorful mush. "This is the new sand," says the heavy-lidded 60-year-old boatman, surfer and scientist from his lush backyard in Belmont Shore. "The new plastic sand."
An open letter to Newsvine
Sat Jul 26, 2008 7:30 PM EDT
This is not an intervention, it's a cry for help.
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Common Sense, The Enemies of Our Time
Sat Jul 12, 2008 12:05 AM EDT
In order to defend a thing, you must first uncover it's adversary. Once the foe is known then and only then can you devise a strategy to defend against it. All further options will hinge on understanding who the opponent is and what capabilities are in it's possession.
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Small Business Is Latest Focus in Health Fight - NYTimes.com
Seeded on Thu Jul 10, 2008 9:03 AM EDT (The New York Times)
"When they're sick, they go to the emergency room," Mr. Lista said. One of his waitresses who has chosen not to take insurance, for example, recently ran up $15,000 in medical bills from an emergency room visit. "She doesn't have the money to pay for it," he added.
Lefties Rule - The Opinionator - Opinion - New York Times Blog
Seeded on Tue Jun 24, 2008 1:41 PM EDT (The New York Times)
While this year's presidential campaign has been marked by historic firsts, the nominations of senators McCain and Obama will renew one surprising trend: For the fifth time in the last 35 years, America will have a lefty in the White House," notes The New York Sun's Russell …
Southern Bakers Worry as a Treasured Flour Mill Moves North - NYTimes.com
Seeded on Wed Jun 18, 2008 9:48 AM EDT (The New York Times)
Biscuit dives and high-end Southern restaurants like Watershed in Atlanta and Blackberry Farm outside Knoxville use it. Blue-ribbon winners at state fair baking contests depend on it.
AVA monitoring Tyson chicken products - Yahoo! Philippines News
Seeded on Mon Jun 9, 2008 9:04 AM EDT (Yahoo! News)
Director of the state's Livestock and Poultry Commission, Mr Jon Fitch, told the Associated Press the birds tested positive for exposure to the H7N3 strain — not the H5N1 strain that ravaged Asian poultry stocks in late 2003 and has killed 241 people worldwide.
Tyson chickens exposed to bird flu are killed
Seeded on Mon Jun 9, 2008 8:58 AM EDT (Deseret News)
Springdale-based Tyson began killing 15,000 hens from a flock that tested positive for antibodies of H7N3, a less virulent strain of the virus.
In Spain, Water Is a New Battleground
Seeded on Tue Jun 3, 2008 10:35 AM EDT (The New York Times)
"People think about it, but they don't really think about what happens tomorrow. They don't worry until they turn on the tap and nothing flows."
Moss Makes a No-Care Lawn
Seeded on Sun May 4, 2008 5:15 AM EDT (The New York Times)
The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that nearly a third of all residential water is used for landscaping. Although moss requires moisture, said Christine Cook, who owns Mossaics, a moss gardening business in Easton, Conn., and who lectures at the New York Botanical Gar …
Lowering Odds of Multiple Births
Seeded on Tue Feb 19, 2008 10:13 AM EST (The New York Times)
"People have to recognize that there's a connection between cost and how the treatment is going to play out," said Barbara Collura, executive director of Resolve, a patient advocacy organization for people with infertility.
No Quasimodo, He Brings Music to Notre-Dame Bells - New York Times
Seeded on Fri Feb 8, 2008 6:57 PM EST (The New York Times)
The bells, as sacred instruments, are all christened: the bass bell is Emmanuel; the largest of the smaller bells is Angélique Françoise; the smallest, Denise David.
Ship of Fools: The Fruitcake Zone
Seeded on Fri Jan 18, 2008 9:20 PM EST ()
You have just entered the Fruitcake Zone. Here you will find the weird, wild and wonderful world of religious fruitcake, with websites that unwittingly put the "fun" back into fundamentalism. And the "mental", come to think of it. This page contains our current Top Ten.
Looking Dinner in the Eye
Seeded on Wed Jan 16, 2008 12:34 PM EST (The New York Times)
"A chicken is a living thing, an animal with a life cycle, and we shouldn't expect it will cost less than a pint of beer in a pub," he said Monday in an interview.
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