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Bill Clinton to Rally Senators on Health Care Reform - The Note

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:11:31 -0800

Bill Clinton to Rally Senators on Health Care Reform
November 09, 2009

Byron Wolf reports: Former President Bill Clinton will travel to Capitol Hill Tuesday to rally Democratic senators on health reform.

The House passed its sweeping health reform package on Saturday, but efforts have stalled in the Senate.

A cost assessment process has delayed introduction of a bill in the Senate and internal Democratic squabbles of whether to include a public option have brought into question whether Democratic leaders can cobble together the 60 votes they will need to bypass a Republican filibuster.

Clinton, whose own attempt to pass a health reform package fifteen years ago did not pass either House of Congress, was asked by White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to make the pep talk, according to an aide familiar with the discussion. Clinton is expected to speak to Democratic senators at a closed caucus meeting, urging them to see past differences to pass compromise legislation, according to Democratic staffers.

Baby Scops Owl on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:13:30 -0800

Baby Scops Owl
Image by BrianScott on flickr.com

Magnificent birds...love owls.

Swiss roll out pioneering solar-powered plane | MNN - Mother Nature Network

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:39:50 -0800

Swiss roll out pioneering solar-powered plane
Switzerland will be the first country to create a solar-powered plane capable of flying around the world.
By Agence France-Presse
Thu, Nov 05 2009

From the page: "Solar Impulse, the Swiss bid to make the first solar-powered flight around the world, rolled out its prototype on Friday at an airbase near Zurich.

The ultralight high-tech single seater with the wingspan of an Airbus A380 airliner was pushed out of its hangar ready for tests and a maiden flight over the coming weeks when weather conditions allow.

Solar Impulse staff said the slender craft, which only weighs as much as a medium-sized car (1,600 kilogrammes, 3,527 pounds), needs particularly clear conditions and less than a light breeze (three knots) for its first excursion in the air.

It is due to make a few airborne hops down the runway at the Dubendorf airbase before Dec. 20.

Opposing Views: NEWS:Miss California Carrie Prejean Drops Lawsuit As Sex Tape Emerges

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:21:48 -0800

Miss California Carrie Prejean Drops Lawsuit As Sex Tape Emerges
By Opposing Views Editorial Staff
November 05, 2009

From the page: "Former Miss California Carrie Prejean, who made headlines earlier this year for proclaiming her opposition to same-sex marriage during the Miss USA Pageant, will not be receiving financial compensation from pageant officials. The New York Daily News reports that Prejean has dropped her million-dollar religious discrimination lawsuit after a pageant lawyer presented a previously unknown sex tape starring none other than Prejean. "

Dr. Nancy Snyderman talks with Congressman Bill Cassidy

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:19:00 -0800

From the page: "House Republicans announce their plan to overhaul health care in response to House Speaker Nancy Pelosis measure. Included in the bill are billions in incentives for states who increase number of insured and malpractice limits. Dr. Nancy Snyderman talks with Congressman Bill Cassidy (R, La.)"

The Coolest Guy in the World - Video

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:34:30 -0800

the coolest guy in the world

the story of a silhouette on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:16:58 -0800

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by PrASanGaM on flickr.com

Africans Boycott Meetings at UN Climate Talks - ABC News

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:47:12 -0800

From the page: African countries ended a boycott of meetings at U.N. climate negotiations on Tuesday, after winning promises for more in-depth talks on how much rich nations need to cut greenhouse gas emissions.

Due to the Africans' demands, most of the rest of this week's talks in Barcelona will be devoted to discussing carbon-cutting pledges rather than other issues including carbon offsets and action by developing countries, said John Ash, chairman of the negotiations on emissions.

Blood in the Mobile

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:26:33 -0800

From the page: "Congolese children are staying up to 72 hours in narrow mine tunnels. The minerals the children excavate from the mines are bought by the mobile phone industry, and used in the production of our phones..

Support the campaign to make the mobile phone industry keep track of their supply chain and stop supporting child labour and financing the civil wars in Congo."

Coral Gardening on Vimeo

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:34:17 -0800

From the page: An amazing pilot project in Fiji that is bringing damaged coral reefs back to life. This is a sequence from the film "Fragile Paradise", part of the BBC's documentary series "South Pacific".