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Barney Frank: A passionate liberal who mattered - CBS News

Barney Frank: A passionate liberal who mattered - CBS News: (The Nation) Barney Frank came to Congress as a liberal and will leave as such--not a perfect progressive on every issue but a steady liberal who served a term as president of the Americans for Democratic Action and whose latest rating from the defenders of New Deal/Fair Deal/Great Society programs was a pure 100 percent.

Norwegian Mass Killer Declared Insane | Europe | English

Norwegian Mass Killer Declared Insane Europe English: Prosecutors said Tuesday that they will recommend the confessed mass killer be placed in a mental institution, instead of being sent to jail.

Prosecutor Svein Holden said the report finds Breivik has developed paranoid schizophrenia over time. He says it also finds that Breivik lives in a "delusional universe" that governs his thoughts

BBC News - CO2 climate sensitivity 'overestimated'

BBC News - CO2 climate sensitivity 'overestimated': The authors stress the results do not mean threat from human-induced climate change should be treated any less seriously, explained palaeoclimatologist Antoni Rosell-Mele from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, who is a member of the team that came up with the new estimates.
But it does mean that to induce large-scale warming of the planet, leading to widespread catastrophic consequences, we would have to increase CO2 more than we are going to do in the near future, he said.
"But we don't want that to happen at any time, right?"
"At least, given that no one is doing very much around the planet [about] mitigating CO2 emissions, we have a bit more time," he remarked.

Dr. Donald Avery - Hope, AR - Hope Star

Dr. Donald Avery - Hope, AR - Hope Star: Little Rock, Ark. — Dr. Donald Albert Avery, 74, of Little Rock, formerly of Arkadelphia and Prescott, died Sunday, August 30, 2009, at a local hospital. He was born January 5, 1935, in Prescott to Ernest Earl and Jessie Permelia Landers Avery. He received his Ph.D. in Physics from Texas A & M University. He was a retired physics professor at Henderson State University, having served as chairman of the Physics Department until his retirement in 1998.

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Isaiah 9:6 NIV - For to us a child is born, to us a son - Bible Gateway

Isaiah 9:6 NIV - For to us a child is born, to us a son - Bible Gateway:

Isaiah 9:6

New International Version (NIV)

6 For to us a child is born,

to us a son is given,

and the government will be on his shoulders.

And he will be called

Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,

Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Happy Thanksgiving: One Year Anniversery

My Mother’s Lifelong Mission—to End Her Life - The Daily Beast

My Mother’s Lifelong Mission—to End Her Life - The Daily Beast: When my mother told me, “You never really become an adult until your parents die,” I dismissed her assessment. I was in my midtwenties. I had a job, an apartment, a car. I was an adult. But it turned out she had a reason for wanting me to think about her death. For the next 20 years, she was to maintain one unwavering goal: to commit suicide at age 70.