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Name: Derek van Vliet. I'm a programmer by trade. I live in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. I am also known as BloodJunkie on other social news sites. When I'm not programming or Propelling, I enjoy digital photography, snowboarding, playing guitar, playing video games and listening to ear-drum-piercing heavy metal.

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| Member Since: July 25, 2006

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This story has mostly positive ratings. 6 votes / 1 sink

Can Israel Survive For Another 60 Years?

Religion – Has Zionism made Jews more safe or less safe? Has it cured the age-old problem of anti-Semitism or not? Is it part of the tikkun olam -- the mandate for the healing and repair of the human world -- or is it another rent and tear in the fabric?

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Submitted and Voted for on May 12, 2008 02:46pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 5 votes / 1 sink

Urban Agriculture and Activism - Food Security For All

Food – Urban agriculturalists and activists plant vegetables to help feed the city's hungry and to address the issues that lead to poverty.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 12, 2008 02:35pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 4 votes / 1 sink

Mystery Indian Analyst Spooks World Economy

Money – The little known Indian analyst at Goldman Sachs has become a cause celebre -- or a doomsday prophet -- for his forecasts about oil prices, based on what he calls the "super-spike" theory, predicated on rising demand for crude and limitations in refining capacity.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 12, 2008 02:28pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 5 votes / 1 sink

Scientists Create First Genetically Modified Human Embryo

Science – A team from Cornell University in New York produced the GM embryo to study how early cells and diseases develop. It was destroyed after five days.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 12, 2008 02:23pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 5 votes / 1 sink

Scientists Know Better Than You, Even When They're Wrong

Science – Why fallible expertise trumps armchair science -- a Q&A with sociologist of science Harry Collins

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Submitted and Voted for on May 12, 2008 02:17pm

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"My Daughter Deserved to Die for Falling in Love"

Religion – Two weeks ago, The Observer revealed how 17-year-old student Rand Abdel-Qader was beaten to death by her father after becoming infatuated with a British soldier in Basra. In this remarkable interview, Abdel-Qader Ali explains why he is unrepentant - and how police backed his actions.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 12, 2008 02:06pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 8 votes / 1 sink

I Am Evolution

Science – I believe evolution. It's easy. It's my life. I'm a paleoanthropologist. I study fossils of humans, apes and monkeys, and I teach college students about their place in nature. Of course I believe evolution. But that is different from believing in evolution.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 12, 2008 02:03pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 5 votes / 1 sink

The Stupidity of Dignity

Science – Conservative bioethics' latest, most dangerous ploy.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 12, 2008 01:51pm

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California man losing nine homes in mortgage mess

Money – A California man who has defaulted on nine homes and expects banks to foreclose on all of them, forcing him into bankruptcy, says he now considers it a mistake to have invested in the real...

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Voted for on May 12, 2008 01:38pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 74 votes / 4 sinks

Sunday Devotional - Pray for One Another

Religion – This week's devotional is about sin in the life of a Christian and the need for Christians to pray for each other.

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Sunk on May 12, 2008 01:25pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 9 votes / 2 sinks

Mitt Regrets Omitting Atheists From Speech

Politics – "Upon reflection," Romney said at the Metropolitan Club in New York City, "I realized that while I could defend their absence from my address, I had missed an opportunity - an opportunity to clearly assert the following: Nonbelievers have just as great a stake as believers in defending religious liberty."

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Submitted and Voted for on May 12, 2008 12:34pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 12 votes / 1 sink

A Green Industrial Revolution?

Money – Does it matter if some staples run out, or will the same ingenuity that produced oil refining in the late 19th century and the "green revolution" in the late 20th century save us again in the future?

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Submitted and Voted for on May 12, 2008 12:27pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 13 votes / 1 sink

The Ultimate Ethical Meal: A Grey Squirrel

Food – It's low in fat, low in food miles and completely free range. In fact, some claim that Sciurus carolinensis - the grey squirrel - is about as ethical a dish as it is possible to serve on a dinner plate.

View Story Discuss (0) (lifeandhealth.guardian.co.uk) 8 hours ago by Neophile

Submitted and Voted for on May 12, 2008 10:33am