Ciera Marie

"My friends are my estate." Emily Dickinson "If the formula for water is H2O, is the formula for an ice cube H2O squared?" Lily Tomlin "I don't know why I should have to learn Algebra... I'm never likely to go there." Billy Connolly "If I am only for myself, what am I? And if not now when?" Hillel "Yet whoever hates directly is closer to a relation than those who are without love hate." Martin Buber "The big question is whether you are going to be able to say a hearty yes to your adventure." Joseph Campbell "If you will read again what is written, you will see how it was." Black Elk "The healthy man does not torture others - generally it is the tortured who turn into torturers." Carl Jung "Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today." Thich Nhat Hanh "We should love nature by relating to it in the same basic way we relate to other people; that is with respect and care." Sallie McFague "People who think dying is the worst thing don't know a thing about life." Sue Monk Kidd

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Wind Energy Viability on Rise

News – This week, global-warming guru Al Gore announced a plan to spend at least a trillion dollars in the next 10 years on renewable energy, including wind, to break the nation's fossil-fuel addiction cold turkey.

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Another Species in Danger

Do No Evil – Many animals are said to define true wilderness, but the best candidate is arguably the wolverine. The reason isn't so much its legendary ferocity or even the remoteness of its habitat. It's the fact that the wolverine is so intolerant of human disturbance.

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Bush Says Drill, Drill, Drill - and Oil Drops $9!
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Bush Says Drill, Drill, Drill - and Oil Drops $9!

Money – Crude-oil futures for August delivery plunged $9.26, or 6.3 percent, almost immediately as Bush was speaking, bringing the barrel price down to $136. Now isn't this interesting?

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Energy: America's Untapped Oil Reserves

News – Colorado oil shale may be a large part of America's energy independence. With nearly a trillion barrels available to draw from we could eliminate imported oil altogether.

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Car-Wash Employee Tragically Simonized
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Car-Wash Employee Tragically Simonized

Humor – THE ONION RADIO NEWS: With Doyle Redland reporting - Speedee Kleen Car Wash buffing specialist Jeffrey Mullhern is listed in extremely shiny condition at a local hospital after a near-fatal waxing.

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Study: Cheap access to water at risk

Science – A new study says that global warming and population growth threaten the Southeast's already precarious water supplies by fueling more extreme weather and degrading water quality.

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New Camera Issues Tire Tread Tickets

Do No Evil – Soon cameras will be checking out your car's wheels and mailing you a ticket if it doesn't like them. Sadly, we're not talking about spinners here

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Bush pushes Congress to allow offshore drilling in Alaska - Jul. 11, 2008
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Bush pushes Congress to allow offshore drilling in Alaska - Jul. 11, 2008

Money – Bush says one answer to soaring gas and oil prices is to increase supply by tapping reserves in the Alaskan wildlife refuge.

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Shock bracelets for airline passengers?
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Shock bracelets for airline passengers?

Do No Evil – A senior government official with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has expressed great interest in a so-called safety bracelet that would serve as a stun device, similar to that of a police Taser. The bracelet would be worn by ALL airline passengers.

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My Father's Son
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My Father's Son

Art & Design – A video about love, war, religion, and peace narrated and written by Spadecaller. Features paintings by William Bradford, Albert Bierstadt with John Williams' classical guitar piece, Cavatina (Theme from the Deer Hunter).

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Top 10 Kids Movies That Adults Will Love
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Top 10 Kids Movies That Adults Will Love

Movies – These are films that I consider were made for specifically for kids or families to enjoy. Many kids films are so juvenile or poorly executed that it's a real joy to find some that can be on an adults list of must-sees. I've left off some real obvious ones, like Wizard of Oz, because it's so well-regarded already. Also, films like "Spirited Awa

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Rice Warns Iran That US Will Defend Israel

News – Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice warned Iran on Thursday that the United States will not back down in the face of Iranian threats against Israel.

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McCain faces backlash over top advisor Phil Gramm's comments
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McCain faces backlash over top advisor Phil Gramm's comments

Money – "You've heard of mental depression; this is a mental recession," said Phil Gramm, one of McCain's top advisors. "We have become a nation of whiners," he said. "You hear constant whining about a loss of competitiveness, America in decline." McCain once admitted he didn't know as much about economics as he should.

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Proposal to euthanize wild horses spurs debate
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Proposal to euthanize wild horses spurs debate

Pets – Animal rights activists and ranchers are clashing over a federal proposal to euthanize wild horses as a way to deal with their surplus numbers.

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Hagee Demands YouTube Remove 120 Videos of Him
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Hagee Demands YouTube Remove 120 Videos of Him

Religion – Late last week, with no prior notification, lawyers for the controversial evangelist John Hagee had a series of videos concerning the pastor removed from YouTube.

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