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Wildlife trafficker kills 5 crocodiles, 90 rare birds as police descend on his compound

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“Five dead crocodiles, 14 critically endangered turtles and a cache of other rare species have been found in the home of a suspected wildlife trader in one of the Philippines’ biggest slums, the government said Friday.  The juvenile saltwater crocodiles, as well as 90 birds, were killed by the trader or his aides shortly before police and environment officials raided the place Wednesday, Environment Secretary Ramon Paje said. He denounced the unnamed suspects’ ‘cruelty’. ‘What’s particularly alarming about this poaching incident is that there were reports that most of these endangered animals were intentionally killed to avoid detection by authorities,’ Paje said in a statement.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/07/05/endanger-species-trafficker-kills-5-crocodiles-90-rare-birds-as-police-descend-on-his-compound/

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Fracking protestors and their petro-sourced belongings

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“Do anti-fracking protestors think nylon tents, PVC groundsheets, and plastics grow on trees? No doubt the tents also contain high tech synthetic fibre sleeping bags, and gas powered camp cookers.”

http://wattsupwiththat.com/2013/08/23/friday-funny-fracking-protestors-and-their-petro-sourced-belongings/

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I Met The Fracking Protesters

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“It turns out that quite a few people are opposed to this new method of sourcing energy. Their protest efforts have so far been focused on the fracking plant at Balcombe in Sussex. Some people uncharitably claim that they’ve chosen Balcombe, out of all the possible fracking sites, because it’s the easiest to get to from London. But I was sure there must be more to it. So I went to meet them, to find out what all the fuss was about.”

http://www.kernelmag.com/features/report/exclusive/4596/i-met-the-fracking-protesters/

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Green Party MP Caroline Lucas arrested at UK fracking protest

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“More than 400 officers from Sussex Police were deployed to the demonstration. They said they moved in to clear people from an emergency access route.  Around 30 people had been arrested, police said.  ‘Protesters encamped along the roadside had been joined by hundreds more from the nearby camp that had been established last Thursday, many locking arms and blocking the road and others gluing themselves together or attaching themselves to fencing and other items,’ Sussex Police said in a statement. ‘Officers had earlier removed a number of bicycles that had been locked together and left lying across the road, creating a serious safety hazard for the large group that had gathered there.'”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/08/20/green-party-mp-caroline-lucas-arrested-at-uk-fracking-protest/

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Tea partier at Ted Cruz town hall: ‘Canada is not really foreign soil’

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“The Texas Tribune caught up with on of those birthers, Republican voter Christina Katok, at a tea party rally where Ted Cruz was speaking earlier this week.  Earlier this week, Cruz released his Canadian birth certificate to The Dallas Morning News, proving that he was definitely born in a foreign country to an American mother.  But Katok told the Tribune that she wouldn’t hesitate to vote for Cruz.  ‘As far as I’m concerned, Canada is not really foreign soil,’ she explained, adding that she was more worried about the president’s ‘strong ties to Kenya.’ For his part, Cruz has vowed to renounce his Canadian citizenship, which could require a security check and an eight-month waiting period.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/08/23/tea-partier-at-ted-cruz-town-hall-canada-is-not-really-foreign-soil/

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Is Your College Going Broke? The Most And Least Financially Fit Schools In America

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Is Your College Going Broke? The Most And Least Financially Fit Schools In America

“Almost all colleges have noble mission statements, but few have pervasive cultures or are able to focus employees on core competencies the way great companies like Coke, IBM and Wells Fargo do. Most colleges and universities try to be all things to all people.  That way of doing business was tolerable when the market of high school graduates was expanding, as it was from 1990 to 2010. However, the production of high school graduates has fallen from its 3.4 million peak in 2011 to a current 3.2 million–and is likely to stay there until 2020. This ugly demographic fact, plus the decline in household wealth brought on by the Great Recession, has exacerbated the problem.”

http://www.forbes.com/sites/schifrin/2013/07/24/is-your-college-going-broke/

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Obama offers plan to deal with the high cost of college

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“Barack Obama took aim at the spiralling cost of higher education on Thursday, threatening US universities with a new official ranking system he claimed would help students identify whether they were getting value for money. As crippling student loans are increasingly seen as a impediment to social mobility and a check on US consumer confidence, the president used the latest of his economic speeches to propose a series of limited reforms to encourage lower fees. Besides the new ratings system, Obama’s proposals amounted to a call on state legislatures to stop cutting subsidies, universities to stop putting up fees, and Congress to pass laws limiting loan repayments.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/08/22/obama-offers-plan-to-deal-with-the-high-cost-of-college/

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Taper Is Coming. Stock Market Rises.

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“Yesterday, the stock market rallied a little. The explanation, according to a Reuters story, is that there are signs that the Federal Reserve will begin tapering in September. As you will recall, for six consecutive days, the stock market tanked. The explanation for the tanking was this: the expectation was that the Federal Reserve will begin tapering in September. This expectation was based on a careful reading of the minutes, which said the FED will not change its present policy.”

http://teapartyeconomist.com/2013/08/23/taper-is-coming-stock-market-rises/

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Germany Fights Population Drop

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“There is perhaps nowhere better than the German countryside to see the dawning impact of Europe’s plunge in fertility rates over the decades, a problem that has frightening implications for the economy and the psyche of the Continent. In some areas, there are now abundant overgrown yards, boarded-up windows and concerns about sewage systems too empty to work properly. The work force is rapidly graying, and assembly lines are being redesigned to minimize bending and lifting.  Raising fertility levels in Germany has not proved easy, even while spending $265 billion a year on family subsidies.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/14/world/europe/germany-fights-population-drop.html?_r=1&&pagewanted=all

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Second British man jailed for selling fake bomb detectors to governments

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“The boxes cost less than £5 ($7.85, 5.85 euros) to make, but Gary Bolton claimed they could detect explosives, narcotics, tobacco, ivory and even cash. They were sold for between £2,500 and £10,000 in bulk or up to £15,000 if bought individually. The court heard Bolton’s company, Global Technology, had a turnover of almost £3 million. In May, British businessman James McCormick was sentenced to 10 years in jail for selling fake bomb detectors to the Iraqi government and other countries.  McCormick, 57, made an estimated £50 million from selling the devices, which prosecutors said were based on a novelty golf ball finder.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/08/20/british-man-jailed-for-selling-fake-bomb-detectors/

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