7.11.07

Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med -- Abstract: Some Go Without a Cigarette: Characteristics of Cannabis Users Who Have Never Smoked Tobacco, November 2007, Sur

Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med -- Abstract: Some Go Without a Cigarette: Characteristics of Cannabis Users Who Have Never Smoked Tobacco, November 2007, Suris et al. 161 (11): 1042: "Conclusions: Cannabis-only adolescents show better functioning than those who also use tobacco. Compared with abstainers, they are more socially driven and do not seem to have psychosocial problems at a higher rate."

Gold, silver hit multi-year highs

Gold, silver hit multi-year highs: "LONDON -- Precious metals zoomed higher on Wednesday on a tumbling dollar and record high oil, with gold trading near its all-time peak, platinum setting a record and silver touching its highest level in 27 years."

6.11.07

Everex Plans Sub-$300 Linux Laptop - Yahoo! News

Everex Plans Sub-$300 Linux Laptop - Yahoo! News: "Everex, which recently announced a Linux-based desktop computer for under $200, is now planning to release a sub-$300 laptop, according to news reports."

5.11.07

Police: Jewish GW Student Admits Putting Swastikas On Her Door - News Story - WRC | Washington

Police: Jewish GW Student Admits Putting Swastikas On Her Door - News Story - WRC | Washington: "WASHINGTON -- George Washington University officials said a Jewish student who complained about swastikas showing up on her door put them there herself."

The deceit behind global warming - Telegraph

The deceit behind global warming - Telegraph: "It was a telling moment when, in August, Gore's closest scientific ally, James Hansen of the Goddard Institute for Space Studies, was forced to revise his influential record of US surface temperatures showing that the past decade has seen the hottest years on record. His graph now concedes that the hottest year of the 20th century was not 1998 but 1934, and that four of the 10 warmest years in the past 100 were in the 1930s. Furthermore, scientists and academics have recently been queuing up to point out that fluctuations in global temperatures correlate more consistently with patterns of radiation from the sun than with any rise in CO2 levels, and that after a century of high solar activity, the sun's effect is now weakening, presaging a likely drop in temperatures. If global warming does turn out to have been a scare like all the others, it will certainly represent as great a collective flight from reality as history has ever recorded. The evidence of the next 10 years will be very interesting."

Climate shift 'poles apart' - Telegraph

Climate shift 'poles apart' - Telegraph: "In contrast to earlier fears that ice around the South Pole will suffer widespread melting, the United Nations intergovernmental panel on climate change says that Antarctica's ice sheets will remain too cold for widespread melting before the end of the century and are expected to get bigger as more snow falls."