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Just Don't Set My Apartment on Fire

post from Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) on 04 July 2009 10:59:09 PM. © Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)

tags: fireworks, fourth of july, independence day

Image: Orphaned [larger view].

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The Declaration of Independence

post from Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) on 04 July 2009 08:59:14 PM. © Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)

tags: politics, the declaration of independence, fourth of july, independence day, streaming video

The United States was born with a single document -- the Declaration of Independence. Have you actually read it? Few people get beyond "... Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." But it really is fascinating. It lays out all the justifications for separation from Great Britain. And it clearly states the founding ideals. In this video, you'll get a chance to hear the entire document read by some of Hollywood's A-list celebrities. But the words are the real stars. It's not a perfect document. But it is one of history's most important. Happy Independence Day. [14:25]

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proselytizing, now a prime time sport

post from weird things on 04 July 2009 08:10:42 PM. © weird things

Apparently the next TV sensation in Turkey could be a reality show which makes proselytizing atheists into an odd and twisted contest in which new converts will win a trip to the holiest site for their new religion and the show’s creators get to[...]

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Identity fusion, or how the Khmer Rouge are like
solar eclipses

post from Persistent Astonishment on 04 July 2009 07:57:00 PM. © Persistent Astonishment

I just finished reading an article in the latest issue of the Journal of Personality and Social[...]

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Everybody must say "Happy Birthday" to Patricia,
OM!

post from Pharyngula on 04 July 2009 04:36:06 PM. © Pharyngula

How many birthday salutations will appear in this thread?

If you deserve a greeting for a recent birthday, you can speak up here, too.

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China and India Unhappy with Carbon Taxes

post from FUTURISM NOW on 04 July 2009 04:21:28 PM. © FUTURISM NOW

Sure, it is unfair that China and India should bear the exact same burden of cutting carbon and having carbon taxes imposed on them as the more developed countries. After all, it was the more developed countries who got us to this point of a climate crisis with greenhouse gas emissions in the first [...]

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Helsinki Buttercups

post from Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) on 04 July 2009 03:59:14 PM. © Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)

tags: buttercups, Gardening, Horticulture, Botany, nature, Helsinki, image of the day

Creeping buttercup, Ranunculus repens.

Photographed in Oulunkylä, Helsinki, Finland.

Image: GrrlScientist, 2 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)

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the daily galaxy strikes again!

When you’re looking for a glaring example of bad information and sensationalistic articles, The Daily Galaxy, a popular science tabloid, never disappoints. Their writers are either touting some nonexistent breakthrough in anti-aging research about[...]

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My inner German awakens!

Gruss Gott! Schweinebraten mit hausgemachten Spätzle, und zwei Leibinger hefeweizen dunkel. Ausgezeichnet!

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Lunch in Helsinki

post from Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) on 04 July 2009 01:59:15 PM. © Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)

tags: food, Helsinki, Finland, travel

Lunch: boiled egg and smoked salmon with lettuce, fresh dill, ground black pepper and butter on rye bread (open-faced sandwich). And of course, coffee.

Image: GrrlScientist, 4 July 2009 [larger view].

Today's lunch was, as always, delightful. I've yet to be disappointed by anything I've eaten in Finland. (You'll notice that this sandwich has a bite taken out of it -- that's because I forget I want to photograph some of my meals until I've already started eating.)

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