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globeandmail.com: Late risers lobbying for workplace recognition

sarahfelicity — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 06:58:20 +0000

“A lot of motivational speakers tout this stuff about the early bird getting the worm,” says Ms. Martinson, who wrote the chapter after consulting Ms. Schur’s 1995 book Birds of a Different Feather, which highlighted circadian differences among workers. “They make it seem like being a night owl is a choice. It’s actually biological. It’s like being blue-eyed or brown-eyed. It’s not about choice at all.”

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The Daily News Online > This Day > Scientists find artificial illumination robs us of rest, makes us

sarahfelicity — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 11:03:42 +0000

Artificial illumination fools the body’s biological clock into releasing key wakefulness hormones at the wrong times, contributing to seasonal fatigue and depression. And daylight saving time, extended by Congress this year for an extra four weeks, risks dragging even more Americans into a winter funk.

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Full Version of White House

sarahfelicity — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:15:34 +0000

The White House goes overboard with their censorship of frightening testimony about climate change: Whole sections on health related effects to extreme weather, air pollution-related health effect, allergic diseases, water and food-borne infectious diseases, food and water scarcity and the long term impacts of chronic diseases and other health effects were completely wiped out.

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OiNK Raid: What Risks Are Downloaders Taking? - News Story | Music, Celebrity, Artist MTV News

sarahfelicity — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 08:11:01 +0000

A message on OiNK’s home page — from the law-enforcement entities behind Tuesday’s raids — hints that more bad news could be coming for OiNK fans, as “a criminal investigation continues into the identities and activities of the site’s users.”

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Kids as Sex Objects :: tyeebooks.ca

sarahfelicity — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 07:29:23 +0000

“It’s just bad parenting to turn your little girl into a sex object and think it’s cute. In my generation, the hippie parents, they’ve all caved to their kids. They want to be their friends. It was very cool to be your kid’s friend, not a militant or authoritarian figure. So lots of children have big old balding friends but they don’t have parents.”

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If Gore Were Arrested…

sarahfelicity — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:45:51 +0000

Fresh from winning the Nobel Peace Prize for his climate change evangelism, Al Gore is apparently considering an invitation from a prominent environmental group to engage in civil disobedience against the construction of new coal-fired power plants.

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Scientific tests reveal iPhone contains hazardous chemicals and materials, says Greenpeace

sarahfelicity — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 13:17:34 +0000

Apple’s iPhone contains hazardous chemicals and materials, according to the results of scientific tests commissioned by Greenpeace. This is the first testing of an Apple product following the commitment by Steve Jobs, Apple CEO, to a ‘Greener Apple’, in May 2007.

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Tests reveal high chemical levels in kids’ bodies - CNN.com

sarahfelicity — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 10:13:52 +0000

On a whim, two parents got in on a study to find out what kinds of chemicals are in their children’s blood. It turned out that in 18 months, their toddler’s body had amassed more man-made gunk than they’d gotten in their combined 74 years. It all came from the environment: mattresses, fabrics and toys.

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TheStar.com | comment | Our diversity makes us a think-tank for the world

sarahfelicity — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 09:13:00 +0000

To date, most discussions of diversity and multiculturalism in Canada have focused on the need for promoting mutual respect and tolerance. But this thinking misses the idea that Canada’s success at integrating its diversity has effectively transformed the country into the global crossroads. Canada can and should serve as a global think-tank focused on finding solutions to some of the world’s most intractable problems: ethnic and religious strife, urban poverty and pollution.

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The Right Brain vs Left Brain | The Daily Telegraph

sarahfelicity — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 17:30:28 +0000

This blew my mind. I can’t for the life of me see her as turning anything but counter-clockwise, but my housemate swears she can’t see anything but clockwise!!
Thanks to Ashley for the link

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