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Executive Committee Meeting
Executive Committee Members, the Next meeting will be held on Thursday March 20th at 7 pm. You are encouraged to attend but If can not be there, please email Mike Oatney at: moatney@columbus.rr.com.
Event Details  ·  Mar 20, 2014

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Open thread for night owls: Millennials not environmentalists? 'It's more complicated than that'
When she was 18, in 2007, Samantha Larson became the youngest non-Nepalese woman to reach the top of Mt. Everest. (A 15-year-old Sherpa girl was the youngest person ever to climb the highest mountain.) That ascent also made Larson the youngest person to have climbed the seven highest peaks on...
News Item  ·  5 DailyKos Headlines  ·  Mar 10, 2014  

Our Corporate Anthem
There’s a scene near the beginning of the 1975 movie, Rollerball, in which fans of the brutal sport are instructed to rise for “our corporate anthem”—an anthem that turns out to be the darkly compelling Toccata and Fugue in D Minor. It’s an evocative moment, one that tells us much...
News Item  ·  5 DailyKos Headlines  ·  Mar 10, 2014  

Conservative ideology sentences citizens to poor health and permanent poverty
One can count on Republican leadership continuously disparaging the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). They bash it on all the media networks. It is disconcerting that as quantifiable data is released, rarely are they asked to defend their proclivity for misinformation. This is a disservice to...
News Item  ·  5 DailyKos Headlines  ·  Mar 9, 2014  

Yahoo News with Katie Couric
Katie Couric introduces herself as the global anchor of Yahoo News and reveals her next interview.
News Item  ·  Yahoo News Democratic Party  ·  Mar 10, 2014  

Still no sign of Malaysian jet lost in 'unprecedented mystery'
"As far as we are concerned, we have to find the aircraft, we have to find a piece of the aircraft if possible," says a senior official.
News Item  ·  Yahoo News Democratic Party  ·  Mar 10, 2014  

Russia weighs Ukraine talks but won't budge on Crimea
Diplomatic efforts to calm the Ukraine crisis inched forward Monday, with Moscow saying it would consider Western proposals for talks on the standoff but insisting Crimea had the right to secede. Britain said Russian President Vladimir Putin had promised to meet with his foreign minister Monday...
News Item  ·  Yahoo News Democratic Party  ·  Mar 10, 2014  

The Lonely Life and Mysterious Death of the Last Passenger Pigeon
Adapted from A Feathered River Across the Sky: The Passenger Pigeon’s Flight to Extinction by Joel Greenberg, out now from Bloomsbury.
News Item  ·  Slate  ·  Mar 10, 2014  

A Factory in Every Foyer
We keep hearing that 3-D printing is the future. Very soon, it seems—like maybe in July or so?—we’ll all have Star Trek–type replicators installed in our homes. “Computer,” you’ll say, as you nibble a pastry, “please fabricate me a comfy new couch.” And lo, a sectional recliner...
News Item  ·  Slate  ·  Mar 10, 2014  

Opinionator | The Stone: Deconstructing God
Can reading abstruse French theory lead to religious belief?    
News Item  ·  New York Times Op-Ed  ·  Mar 10, 2014  

Editorial: A Sentencing Commission for California
The state should follow a proven path to clearing out its overcrowded prisons and permanently fix its penal system.    
News Item  ·  New York Times Op-Ed  ·  Mar 10, 2014  

Editorial: Good Steps Against Unpaid Internships
New York University and Columbia are setting a good example by tightening their policies on employers.    
News Item  ·  New York Times Op-Ed  ·  Mar 10, 2014  

Search for Jet Compounds the Mystery
Family members of Firman Chandra Siregar, an Indonesian passenger of flight MH370, watched television at their home in Medan, Indonesia, on Sunday.
News Item  ·  New York Times  ·  Mar 10, 2014  

Nigerians Ask Why Oil Funds Are Missing
In recent years, government commissions, parliamentary inquiries and civil society groups have all pointed to serious shortfalls in the disbursement of oil revenues.    
News Item  ·  New York Times  ·  Mar 10, 2014