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Nuclear Calendar -- September 18,, 2018 | FCNL

Nuclear Calendar -- Friends Committee on National Legislation September 18, 2018 Sep. 18 10:00-11:30 a.m., Paul Heer, George Washington University; Tarun Chhabra, Brookings Institution, "Mr. X and the Pacific: George F. Kennan and American policy in East Asia," Brookings Institution, 1775 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, DC. RSVP online. Sep. 18 10:00 a.m.-noon, Col. David Smith (ret.), Stimson ...

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6 Years Ago, North Carolina Chose To Ignore Rising Sea Levels. This Week It Braces For Disaster | Jenavieve Hatch

Cape Hatteras lighthouse. By Henryhartley, CC BY-SA 3.0Sept. 11, 2018 (Huffington Post) -- In 2012, North Carolina legislators passed a bill that barred policymakers and developers from using up-to-d ...

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A Farewell to Norms | Milton Mueller

Credit: Derek Bridges, Flickr (CC BY 2.0) Milton Mueller -- Internet Governance Project Sept. 4, 2018 “Keep right on lying to me. That’s what I want you to do.” ― Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms ...

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U.S. consumer spending, inflation data point to strong economy | Lucia Mutikani

Aug. 30, 2018 -- WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- U.S. consumer spending increased solidly in July, suggesting strong economic growth early in the third quarter, while a measure of underlying inflation hit th ...

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What’s the life of a single raccoon worth? | Mickey Z.

Photo: Paxson Woelber (CC BY-SA 3.0) Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Aug. 29, 2018 I notice things. If I casually glance out my bedroom window -- in my apartment of more than a dozen years -- I will no ...

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An Astrological Interlude: Brexit | John Michael Greer

Aug. 29, 2018 (EcoSophia.net) -- The noise and bustle generated by the ongoing three-ring circus of U.S. politics in the era of Trump can make it hard sometimes to notice that performances just as co ...

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Fishing activity skyrocketed ahead of ban in South Pacific area | Grant R. McDermott

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Aug. 27, 2018 (Phys.org) -- Ahead of a full ban, fishing increased 130 percent in the Phoenix Islands Protected Area in the South Pacific, setting back projected efforts to ...

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Nuclear Calendar -- August 26, 2018 | FCNL

Nuclear Calendar -- Friends Committee on National Legislation Aug. 26, 2018 Aug. 28 4:30-5:30 p.m., Francis Gavin, Johns Hopkins University, "Rethinking American grand strategy in the age of Trump," ...

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No safe level of alcohol | Emmanuela Gakidou

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Aug. 24, 2018 (MedicalXpress) -- A new scientific study concludes there is no safe level of drinking alcohol. The study, published in the international medical journal The L ...

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Beauty is simpler, and less special, than we realize | Aenne Brielmann

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Aug. 20, 2018 (MedicalXpress) -- Beauty, long studied by philosophers, and more recently by scientists, is simpler than we might think, New York University psychology resear ...

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Video-based ethics program increases moral awareness, study finds | Cara Biasucci

A selection of video title slides from the new Ethics Unwrapped series "Scandals Unwrapped." Credit: the McCombs School of Business of the University of Texas at Austin Aug. 13, 2018 (Phys.org) -- Et ...

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