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Meatless Monday: Beet and pear slaw on tortillas with dill crème fraiche – CSMonitor.com
Hey, baby, want some slaw for dinner? Not that appetizing. But this slaw is different, nothing at all like it’s grandfather, the coleslaw, so don’t let the name deter you from trying it. You know the “grandfather coleslaw” I’m talking about. The nasty one found in buckets at the grocery store, or the one so often served…
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Joint Chief Winnefeld: Time To Remember Vets ‘Who Have Given So Much’
Joint Chief Winnefeld: Time To Remember Vets ‘Who Have Given So Much’. As America’s decade of war winds down, the vice chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. James Winnefeld, and his wife Mary tell Newsmax TV that employers should now remember our returning veterans “who have given so much” on this Memorial…
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Tell the EPA: We want a REAL Carbon Pollution Standard to fight climate change!
Yesterday, The Environmental Protection Agency finally proposed the first-ever rule limiting carbon pollution that is causing climate change. Unfortunately, not by very much. While a symbolic victory and a positive step forward, the Carbon Pollution Standard does not do nearly enough to prevent disastrous climate change. The EPA will now accept public comments on the rule –…
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This Picture Will Make You Think Forgiving Student Debt Isn
This Picture Will Make You Think Forgiving Student Debt Isn.
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5 Ways To Give An Old Laptop A New Life
New life for the aged begins with UBUNTU. Computers seem to become slower as they age. Anyone who has kept a PC for more than three years has run into this issue. What once seemed quick begins to feel sluggish and ancient. There are reasons for this. Operating systems tend to become more resource-hungry…
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Accidentally Released – and Incredibly Embarrassing – Documents Show How Goldman et al Engaged in ‘Naked Short Selling’ | Matt Taibbi | Rolling Stone
Accidentally Released – and Incredibly Embarrassing – Documents Show How Goldman et al Engaged in ‘Naked Short Selling’ | Matt Taibbi | Rolling Stone. It doesn’t happen often, but sometimes God smiles on us. Last week, he smiled on investigative reporters everywhere, when the lawyers for Goldman, Sachs slipped on one whopper of a legal…
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A Scary Fact About Your Food That Will Have You Running For The Farmers’ Market | MoveOn.Org
A Scary Fact About Your Food That Will Have You Running For The Farmers’ Market Polls have shown that over 90% of Americans want Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO’s) to be labeled. Yeah, that’s right. Over 90%! Polls almost never yield numbers like that. So what’s the holdup, Washington? via A Scary Fact About Your Food That Will…
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Iranian Hackers Compromise NASA SSL Certificate, Agency Investigates – Softpedia
On May 16, a group of Iranian hackers and programmers operating under the name of Cyber Warriors Team claimed to have compromised an SSL certificate issued to the Research and Education Support Services of NASA. read more… Iranian Hackers Compromise NASA SSL Certificate, Agency Investigates – Softpedia.
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Does Facebook Wreck Marriages? – Real-Time Advice – SmartMoney
More than a third of divorce filings last year contained the word Facebook, according to a U.K. survey by Divorce Online, a legal services firm. And over 80% of U.S. divorce attorneys say they’ve seen a rise in the number of cases using social networking, according to the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. “I see…
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This Is Why You’re Fat: The 2012 Farm Bill And The Real Obesity Lobby
Nearly half of all Americans will be obese by 2030, researchers reported at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s Weight of the Nation conference in Washington earlier this month. 42 percent of us are projected to be obese, placing a huge strain on our already compromised health care system. Brian Fung at The Atlantic points out that…
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