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Archive for July, 2009

31 July

Some Things You Should Know about GPS

by Matt Meeano Over twenty years ago, the United States developed a system of satellites circling the globe in order to help its military navigate the globe with accuracy. With multiple satellites in geo-synchronous orbit, units on land and sea can quickly get an accurate location and also a glimpse at the surrounding terrain. GPS can establish your location by sending a signal from the satellite and then when it is received the signal is relayed back to the satellite. The position of the G
The Center for Reproductive Rights has issued a report blaming pro-life activism and a growing “stigma” surrounding abortion for a steady decline in the procedure across the U.S., and is calling upon the U.S. government to help expand abortion by eradicating pro-life laws. Nancy Northup, the center’s president, said physicians and clinics providing abortions have fallen by 25% since the 1990s - a decline it blamed on the pro-life presence outside the businesses of abortionists, whom the g

31 July

Money Talks, the Rest Walk – The Moderate Voice


Boston Globe

Money Talks, the Rest Walk
The Moderate Voice
... child poverty rates come close to 50 percent. While most discussions in the current debate have focused on the cost of clinical care, insurance rates ...
House Committee Passes 'Historic' Healthcare Reform BillThe Public Record
Health Marathon: An Inside Look At How Congress Is Deciding Your CarePolitics Daily
Unmasking the Blue Dog 'Democrats'Examiner.com
The Sanford Herald -Forbes
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31 July

Money Talks, the Rest Walk

Henry Waxman has cut a deal with the conservative Blue Dog Democrats that moved the House version of the health care reform package out of the House Energy and Commerce Committee (of which Rep. Waxman is chair) so it can be voted on in September. But the deal is unlikely to satisfy the 57 liberal Democrats who have put it on record that they will vote against any bill that does not include a strong public option: “This agreement will result in the public, both as insurance purchasers an
Obama has extended Bush era sanctions on two Syrian officers. The sanctions were originally imposed on the two Syrians on August 1, 2007. They were applied on four people — two Syrians and two Lebanese, whose assets in the US were to be frozen. The US Treasury also forbade Americans from doing business with them. These sanctions are largely symbolic in nature because none of the four are known to have assets in the US; none are businessmen or have dealings with Americans. All the same, they had

31 July

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CultureTalk Amongst Yourselves By David Wildgoose on August 1, 2009 at 12:00 PM This is where Kotaku readers go to talk about the stuff we’re not already posting about. Think of it as the official unofficial Kotaku community forum.You can talk about games. Or movies. Or politics. Music. Food. Science. Sport. Insert your own miscellaneous off-topic discussion here. Just keep it clean.I’ll be promoting this post each morning this week to let the conversation continue all week. Makes more sense tha
The House Committee on Energy and Commerce passed an “historic” healthcare reform bill late Friday, breaking a two-week deadlock between Democrats and Republicans that threatened to derail one of President Barack Obama’s top domestic issues. The bill passed by a vote of 31 to 28. No Republicans voted in favor of the bill and five Democrats voted against it. The Democrats who voted against the bill were Reps. Rick Boucher, Virginia., Bart Stupak, Michigan, Jim Matheson, Utah, John Barrow, Geo

31 July

Grandmother Charged With DWI, Grandson Nearly Drowns

Posted on Friday, 31 of July , 2009 at 8:41 pm WAYNE COUNTY—The grandmother of a three-year-old boy has been charged with second degree vehicular assault, endangering the welfare of a child, driving while intoxicated and several vehicle and traffic violations after the boy nearly drowned. Dorothy D. Freeman of Ridge Rd., Sodus, and her grandson, Latavious Byrd, were traveling on Arcadia Zurich Norris Rd., in the town of Arcadia on July 26 about 2:48 p.m. when the 2000 Ford Taurus struck a guide

FOXNews

California Deal Leaves More Kids Uninsured
Wall Street Journal
In addition, California slashed $178.6 million from Healthy Families, its version of the Children's Health Insurance Program. In all, California's cuts ...
Economy threatens health insurance coverage for California childreneMaxHealth
"What's up, Doc?"Sussex Sun
Reform would reduce health costsCharlottesville Daily Progress
Longview Daily News -BuzzFlash -Burnt Orange Report
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31 July

BUSDRIVER: WORSE THINGS THAN THE WORLD BLOWING UP

daiana feuerDownload: Busdriver “Me-Time (With The Pulmonary Palimpsets)”(from Jhelli Beam out now on Anti-)We met up with Busdriver at a coffee shop in Silverlake to discuss the future, the present, and the bits of past that stick around like gum on the bottom of your shoes. His newest Jhelli Beam is out now on Anti-. This interview by Daiana Feuer.I can’t really kick it in this neighborhood anymore.In this airport? In this airport. In this neighborhood. I don’t know. I can’t.Why can’t you? You