Al Gore Mea Culpa: Support for Corn-Based Ethanol Was a Mistake

Al Gore Mea Culpa: Support for Corn-Based Ethanol Was a Mistake:

"On reflection, Gore said the energy conversion ratios -- how much energy is produced in the process -- 'are at best very small.' 'One of the reasons I made that mistake is that I paid particular attention to the farmers in my home state of Tennessee,' he said, 'and I had a certain fondness for the farmers in the state of Iowa because I was about to run for president.'"

How didn't this make bigger news?

Word Cloud: English Words of Arabic Origin

Word Cloud: English Words of Arabic Origin
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I had no idea on most of these words.

Aron Ralston describes the amputation

I am speechless. This is the story that 127 hours is based on.

YouTube - Aron Ralston describes the amputation:

"Aron Ralston describes amputating his own arm that was caught under a boulder."

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YouTube - Katy Perry - Firework

YouTube - Katy Perry - Firework:

Alcohol 'more harmful than heroin, crack and Ecstasy' | Mail Online

Alcohol 'more harmful than heroin, crack and Ecstasy' | Mail Online:

"Scientists have found that alcohol is the most harmful drug overall and three times as harmful as cocaine and tobacco, according to a new scale of drug harm that rates the damage to both users and to wider society."

- Sent using Google Toolbar"Given the number of people's lives I have seen totally ruined by alcohol I totally agree. Now that said, the number of users is so high that this is not a really valid comparison, but nonetheless it is worthy of note if nothing else than a good reminder of the dangers.

Asian Neanderthals, Humans Mated : Discovery News

Asian Neanderthals, Humans Mated : Discovery News:

"Early modern humans mated with Neanderthals and possibly other archaic hominid species from Asia at least 100,000 years ago, according to a new study that describes human remains from that period in South China.

The remains are the oldest modern human fossils in East Asia and predate, by over 60,000 years, the oldest previously known modern human remains in the region....."Of more interest than who had sex with whom is the fact that modern humans had spread across southern Eurasia by 100,000 years ago, and yet archaic humans remained across the more northern areas, and even displaced the modern humans in Southwest Asia for an additional 50,000-70,000 years," added Trinkaus, a professor of physical anthropology at Washington University in St. Louis.

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Runners Learn to Realize Their Training Limits - WSJ.com

Runners Learn to Realize Their Training Limits - WSJ.com:

"The body responds beautifully to the right schedule of training stresses,' Lynn Bjorklund, who in 1981 set the still-standing female course record for the Pikes Peak Marathon, wrote in an email. 'However, too much stress and not enough nutrition or recovery pushes your body toward injury and illness. You need to stay in that zone of just enough, and that takes a very high tuned and honest appraisal of yourself.'

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