Posts Tagged ‘Science’
by Craig Masters The headline of the Christian Science Monitor caught my attention. “An Italian court sentenced scientists to jail time for not having a functioning crystal ball ahead of the 2009 earthquake in L’Aquila.” I thought there had to be a mistake. But when researching the background of the story, it turns out the [...]
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WELD COUNTY, CO – During Monday morning’s Board of County Commissioners meeting, three department-head appointments were announced and passed unanimously by resolution. Trevor Jiricek, formerly the Director of Planning Services, will move into the position of Director of General Services while maintaining his role as the Director of the Environmental Health Services, a Division [...]
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by Craig Masters A media release by the energy industry association, Western Energy Alliance, includes information about testimony to be given today before the U.S. House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Subcommittee on Energy & Environment. According to the hearing schedule, on Wednesday, February 1, 2012, the U.S. House Committee on Science, Space, and [...]
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List includes Jihad Watch, Drudge Report, Huffington Post by Peter Grady – The Department of Homeland Security has issued a document revealing it is monitoring various social media and new sites. The document says Homeland Security is bound to do so by federal law. “Federal law requires the NOC [National Operations Center] to provide situational awareness [...]
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There are far too many clowns pretending to be scientists by Craig Masters Scientific American magazine reports ”bad science” papers have long lasting effects; especially when they seem to support a lifestyle or point of view that excuses irresponsible behavior. In the popular science journal, “the Lancet,”, a 1998 article linked autism to the vaccine for measles, [...]
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Proposed congressional regulations would classify food as vegetable for school menus by Jack Minor – District 6 children could soon be begging for their vegetables if Congress has its way. A spending bill has a provision re-classifying pizza as a vegetable. Congress is pushing the new classification as pushback on the Obama administration’s Agriculture bill [...]
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by Jack Minor – A group which helps journalists find answers to questions about religion issues they may cover is offering $5,000 scholarships for religion classes. The Religion Newswriters Association bills itself as the world’s only association for journalists who write about religion in the mainstream news media. The organization says its [...]
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by Jack Minor In an issue that will not die, government transportation officials signed an agreement to re-start a program to allow Mexican trucks travel on US highways, despite Congressional refusal to fund it. The three year agreement reinstates a pilot program first started by President Bush and defunded by Congress in 2009. The plan [...]
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Mongol invasions reduced carbon footprint by 700 million tons – By Jack Minor – A new report claims that one of history’s most ruthless conquerors was a “green” warrior who helped reduce global warming. The Carnegie Institute’s Department of Global Ecology conducted a study comparing carbon impacts of a number of historical events including the [...]
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By Mike Bauman Researchers in Israel have discovered a pheremone in female tears that lowers testosterone in men. Noam Sobel, of the Weizmann Institute of Science ,stated in a blind study that female tears lowered testosterone in test subjects significantly more than a control substance. The scientists theorize that lowered testosterone would have the effect of [...]
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One Family’s Story About District 6 By Mike Bauman Every member of the community pays for education through a variety of taxes and fees. So why would some parents choose to pay hundreds of dollars per month extra to send their children to a tuition based private school? “That’s simple. Results!” says one Greeley family. A [...]
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Courtesy of Breakthechain.org The phenomenon in the amazing image above is real. The Helix Nebula is a planetary nebula about 650 light-years from Earth. It’s a popular target for astronomers because, due to its relative proximity, it’s easily viewed through binoculars or telescope. However, the image above is not a true “picture” in the technical [...]
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Robert D. Phillips, 67, of Greeley, died on June 19, 2010 at the North Colorado Medical Center Hospice Inpatient Unit. He was born on May 29, 1943 to Charles A. and Florence Lucille (Kimpel) Phillips in Greeley. His grandparents and great-grandparents homesteaded in northern Colorado near the town of Carr, where he lived for 2 [...]
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Of the tens of thousands of high school seniors across the country who seek appointments to one of the nation’s military academies, few are chosen. It’s a source of pride for a school to have one or two students gain acceptance. Imagine then, the pride of Greeley West and District 6 this week as [...]
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