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Gustav headed for current that fuels big storms

The difference between a monster and a wimp for Gulf of Mexico hurricanes often comes down to a small patch of warm deep water that's easy to miss. It's called the Loop Current, and hurricane trackers say Gustav is headed right for it, reminiscent of Katrina.

NYC Pulls Plug on Direct Current

The city that Thomas Edison electrified 125 years ago has completed the transition from direct to alternating current, helping to erase the vestiges of a feud between giants of invention.

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What's in Health Insurance Reform for you?
Source: http://govne.ws/item/What-s-in-Health-Insurance-Re

United States Vice President Joseph Biden announces today the Barack Obama White House has released a new HEALTH REFORM CALCULATOR so that Americans with current employment related insurance coverage, can SEE HOW THEY MIGHT PERSONALLY BENEFIT from Health Coverage Reform, as propo …

HealthCare Napkin #1
Source: http://www.slideshare.net

This is the cutest accurate little presentation you ever saw on the whole health care issue. Essentially it puts the nut exactly where it belongs--our money is being hijacked by the insurance industry when it comes to health care. But it's so cute!

Homemade pet treats: Pupsicles, bark biscuits
Source: msnbc.com

Looking to spoil Fido? Forgo the usual bone for a homemade treat! Amy Stevens explains how to whip up healthy and tasty doggie dishes.

Water, water
Source: republicoflakota.com

Russell talks about the ocean currents and their impact on global warming then uses his wisdom to relate that to living in harmony.

U.S. unveils new speedboat to catch smugglers
Source: msnbc.com

U.S. Customs and Border Protection showed off a prototype vessel Monday in San Diego that it hopes will aid agents during high-speed pursuits.

Keeping up...

"Keeping up..." is designed as a fundamental resource for the latest happenings online in order to help our readers stay up-to-date. When did you first see the Cadbury Eyebrows? [btw: Cadbury Eyebrows is over 5 months old]

Families of Jailed journalists in N. Korea speak out, but Al Gore isn't.
Source: clipsfcwire.com

When North Korea detained two American TV journalists in March, accusing them of illegal entry and "hostile acts," analysts believed the script would be familiar: The pair would be tried, convicted and soon released in exchange for U.S. concessions.

Unifying The Animate And Inanimate Designs Of Nature : Constructal Law
Source: Science Daily

...flow systems – from animal locomotion to the formation of river deltas -- evolve in time to balance and minimize imperfections. Flows evolve to reduce friction or other forms of resistance, so that they flow more easily with time.

GOP Immigration Plan Will Destroy America As We Know It, Allowing 217 Million New Immigrants Over Next 20 Years
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May 15, 2006 - Washington, DC - PipeLineNews.org - The staff of GOP Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) has completed and released the results of an in-depth impact analysis that shows that if the Senate's Republican immigration bill S.

Good News Wednesday - Top 10 Songs on Player for March

The article I wrote about my top 10 favorite songs in Feb. went over so well I figured maybe I should add in some new ones for March-this was much tougher than last month's list. Here goes:

Crisis? What crisis?

This being my initial entry, I'd like to begin by sharing a few random thoughts about our current "economic crisis". First of all,this is not a "crisis" folks. A crisis is when your wife burns dinner, or when you're late for work and your car REALLY won't start.

The Bush Legacy - Miserable Failure 2.0
Source: The Dude Dean

Why am I blogging about George W. Bush and The Bush Legacy on my humble little blog about SEO and SMO? I am bring back Miserable Failure to the internet. Miserable Failure is the real Bush Legacy.

Catching the Currents: Tidal Power
Source: TIME

Tidal power doesn't get the attention — or the venture capital — that higher-profile renewable energy sources such as solar or biofuels do, but there's a lot of energy waiting to be tapped in the motion of the ocean.

Al Gore Just Outsourced Your Job To Twitter
Source: Gawker

Current, the bizarre TV channel co-founded by Al Gore, laid off 60 staff last night. Supposedly the hippies in the San Francisco headquarters office are being shoved aside in favor of the bloodsuckers in Los Angeles.

Florida artist aims for world record
Source: msnbc.com

A Florida tattoo artist will try to break the world record for the most tattoos in a 24-hour period.

Nepal's coalition government facing toughest challenges

Unified Marxist-Leninist (UML) General Secretary Jhalanath Khanal has expressed his dissatisfaction at the Maoist leadership in the current coalition government.

Current & Twitter Rock The First Presidential Debate
Source: laughingsquid.com

Great photos of behind the scenes coverage by current tv & twitter.

President george w. bush's To-Do-List

1. Get money to friends at Wall-Street ($700-billion bail-out!)

Bush to keep troop levels in Iraq for '08
Source: msnbc.com

President Bush plans to keep the number of U.S. troops in Iraq near the current level through the end of the year, then bring home up to 8,000 combat and support troops by mid-January, The Associated Press has learned.

New Clues To Air Circulation In The Atmosphere
Source: Science Daily

Previous theories have claimed that there are just two large circular systems of air in the atmosphere...[and] that air rises at the equator and then travels towards either the north or south polar regions, where it falls.

Four-Alarm Fire Burns University In Texas
Source: KSAT News

Right now I am watching the news where the fire is still present at Or Lady of the Lake University. Arson suspected.

Mother Nature
Source: AOL

Mother Nature - music video by Gary Revel. Possible dangers of global warming and climate change are the themes of the song that this video is produced around.

The Taser: 6.84 watts of Power

I would imagine 6.84 watts doesn't sound nearly as bad as the 50,000V that you have probably read over and over again, yet both are accurate when talking about the taser. Well, sort of. Let me explain.

WebSitePulse Current Status Firefox Extension
Source: websitepulse.com

Finally an easy way to keep an eye in real-time on the status of your servers, websites and web applications when you are using the WebSitePulse monitoring service.

Video Clip - Create a Battery Using a Lemon
Source: YouTube

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