things that can and never should

• yvonne is neat =) today is crazy, earlier I got hit on by a lady named star and had the shortest interview in history. what’s still to … #

Solazyme is the first company to produce algae diesel that meets US standards, but until today their production timeline was unknown.

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A Los Angeles County medical marijuana case, which most agree would never have seen a courtroom in Mendocino County, has raised questions on whether any limits imposed by the legislature to the Compassionate Use Act is constitutional. Last Wednesday the California Supreme Court unanimously agreed to hear the case of California vs Patrick Kelly.

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The House Judiciary Committee sent letters to a top former CIA official as well as two aides to Vice President Dick Cheney (including Scooter Libby) after a prominent author claimed that Cheney’s office pushed the CIA to develop a phony letter linking Saddam Hussein to 9/11 to aid their argument for a preemptive strike on Iraq.

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Fat can be directly converted into muscle, scientists have discovered, raising new hope for overweight people.Now one team has shown how to promote the manufacture of “good” brown fat, so we can burn more calories, while a second team, another US team in Boston, has shown how brown fat and muscle are linked, suggesting ways to interconvert the two.

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A detailed list of John McCain’s ten homes (valued at $13,823,269), conveniently plotted on Google Maps, following Barack Obama lashing into McCain on Thursday, ridiculing him for being painfully out of touch on the economy and not even knowing how many houses he owns.

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Among other legendary TV show intros, I posted the intro to PBS
’ Mystery! the other day, and the enthusiastic response from our readers who hadn’t seen it in some time but remembered it fondly convinced me that we need more on the site in that vein, and stat.

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Hallmark, seeing a new market after California ruling, is beginning to roll out gay marriage greeting cards.

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Having judged and entered my share of Photography Competitions I thought I
’d write up a few tips for aspiring photographers wanting to have a go in competition

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Meditation can be a practical tool for relaxation, concentration and better health; it can also be an invaluable tool to self discovery. If practiced correctly, meditation can be a powerful antidote to depressive thoughts.

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