Posted on January 14th, 2012 by Chris Heath
I surfed across this post on Rober Philen’s Blog, ‘Anthropology, Culture Theory, and Cultural and Political Commentary’ this morning titled: Possible, Plausible, Probable, Proven. Pretty interesting, if I don’t say so myself. The terms do reflect an ascending order of probability (and a nested one – anything that is plausible is also possible; anything proven [...]
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Posted on July 4th, 2009 by Chris Heath
Took some pictures of the Battleship USS NC fireworks ;-P See and download the full gallery on posterous Posted via email from heathbar’s posterous
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Posted on February 27th, 2008 by Chris Heath
There is little doubt left in the minds of professional biologists that Earth is currently faced with a mounting loss of species that threatens to rival the five great mass extinctions of the geological past. Some biologists have begun to feel that this biodiversity crisis, this “Sixth Extinction” is even more severe, and more imminent… [...]
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Posted on February 20th, 2008 by Chris Heath
Using data from the Global Integrity Index, we put a US court’s recent order to block access to anti-corruption site Wikileaks.org into context. In summary: This is unheard of in the West, and has only been seen in a handful of the most repressive regimes. Good thing it doesn’t work very well… read more | [...]
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Posted on February 19th, 2008 by Chris Heath
Cuba’s ailing leader, Fidel Castro has announced he will not return to the presidency in a letter published by official Communist Party paper, Granma. read more | digg story
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Posted on February 5th, 2008 by Chris Heath
The CIA director on Tuesday publicly named for the first time the three suspected al Qaeda detainees who were subjected to the harsh interrogation technique of waterboarding. “It was used on Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. It was used on Abu Zubayda, and it was used on [Abd al-Rahim] al-Nashiri,” CIA Director Michael Hayden told a Senate [...]
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Posted on January 29th, 2008 by Chris Heath
Here’s a look at some of the most popular, and therefore not very secret, secret societies. read more | digg story
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Posted on January 15th, 2008 by Chris Heath
A very interesting read. These “supernotes” are not just any fake bills, but a counterfeit so perfect it’s become an international whodunit. The only way to distinguish some of these bills, experts say, is to compare photographically blown-up sections with magnifying instruments. About $50 million of the mystery money has been seized since 1989. read [...]
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Posted on January 9th, 2008 by Chris Heath
I know that this is really just a promo-spot on TF for this guy’s book, but I still thought it was a good read. Pirates are innovators, they signal market problems and lead the way to new business models. Nevertheless, they are tagged as thieves by many. We invited Matt Mason, author of the book [...]
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Posted on January 7th, 2008 by Chris Heath
Anna Nicole Smith, Vanessa Hudgens, the iPhone and the Red Sox were all top searches in 2007. See who else made the list… read more | digg story
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