Source: http://reason.com/archives/2010/12/17/the-first-war-on-terror
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Dr. Anne Pusey: The Leakey Foundation
Dr. Anne Pusey: The Leakey Foundation2010 marks the 50th anniversary of Dr. Louis Leakey sending Jane Goodall to Gombe Stream, in Tanzania, to begin her groundbreaking study of chimpanzees in the wild. The chimpanzee behavioral research she pioneered there has produced a wealth of scientific discovery. This significant and vital part of scientific history will be celebrated by The Leakey Foundation, in partnership with the California Academy of Sciences. Anne Pusey, former Director of Jane Goodall Institute's Center for Primate Studies, will discuss this important project, which spans 50 years and is still running today.
Dr. Pusey reviews how the Gombe study has revealed the basic structure of chimpanzee society, the nature of social relationships within and between the sexes, life history patterns, and how these resemble and differ from those of humans.
Despite 50 years of study, chimpanzees are slow to give up their secrets and continue to surprise us. Pusey will discuss how long-term data, coupled with new technologies, have facilitated investigations of previously intractable questions and how new observations of unexpected behavior continually generate new questions.
The evening is illustrated with rarely seen archival photographs, video and recent stories of the Gombe chimpanzees.
Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700
Location: San Francisco, CA, California Academy of Sciences, California Academy of Sciences
Program and discussion: http://fora.tv/2010/10/15/Dr_Anne_Pusey_The_Leakey_Foundation
Source: http://fora.tv/2010/10/15/Dr_Anne_Pusey_The_Leakey_Foundation
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Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell 'Appalling,' Panders to Radical Left
By Illinois Family Institute
Congress votes undermine the troops by pandering to the radical Left and their social agenda...
Illinois Family Institute is appalled by the lame duck Congress -- including our own U.S. Senators Dick Durbin and Mark Kirk for their vote to homosexualize our nation's Armed Forces.
Over the weekend, the U.S. Senate voted 65-to-31 to ignore our military history and traditional morality regarding sexuality and allow those who self-identify as homosexual to serve openly in the armed forces. Illinois' junior Senator Mark Kirk, along with Republican Senators Susan Collins (Maine), Olympia Snowe (Maine), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) and Scott Brown (Massachusetts), and retiring Senator George Voinovich (Ohio) broke rank with their party on this fundamental issue of common sense, sexual morality and national security and instead cast their votes for a radical political agenda that will undermine our Armed Forces.
Senate Republicans made a vow not to vote on "Don't Ask Don't Tell" until the budget was resolved. In doing so, they not only have put radical homosexual political interests above fiscal interests but also have put our troops at risk during wartime. Furthermore, they have broken trust with the people.
The Pentagon's own study revealed that nearly two-thirds of those serving believe the repeal would have some negative or significant negative effects. Twenty-four percent of service members said they would leave or seriously consider leaving the military if "Don't Ask Don't Tell" were repealed.
In November the American people told Washington they wanted change in the policies and practices of their elected officials. Instead, Congress has gone full-tilt toward "business as usual," pushing extreme special interest agendas instead of the issues on the minds of working families. The American people were not demanding this type of legislation -- it is being forced upon us, thanks in large part to a very well financed homosexual lobby.
Yet government leaders are not listening to the men and women in uniform. Gambling with our national security over political correctness is not an American value voters support.
Source: http://www.opposingviews.com/i/repeal-of-don-t-ask-don-t-tell-appalling-panders-to-radical-left
Teen Boy Kills 7-Year-Old Then Pulls Trigger on Himself
A Macon, Ga., teen shot to death a 7-year-old boy his mother had been babysitting before turning the gun on himself.
Vonn Gibbons Jr., 19, was at his mother's home as she cared for Jalen Griffin. Gibbons, for no apparent reason, decided to fatally shoot Griffin in the head, then shoot himself in the chest.
Both boys were killed instantly.
Gibbon's mother, Cheryl Cole (pictured above, center), told police she was asleep and didn't hear the gunshots. The distraught mom also claimed she was totally unaware that her son even kept a gun in her home.
Investigators are speculating why Gibbons shot the young boy intentionally, but so far there is no motive. Bibb County Coroner Leon Jones told WMAZ-TV:
"We have no idea as to why. We probably will never get the answers, the truth about this. We just don't know."
Reportedly, Gibbons and the boy were close friends despite the age difference, they played together all the time. Gibbons attended Macon State College and managed to maintain good grades.
Meanwhile, Cole, too, is puzzled about the killings and struggling to come to grips with what happened. She was questioned by police for more than two hours before being allowed to return to her home. "I just want my baby back," said the inconsolable mother.
Autopsies are being conducted on both bodies. Macon police will continue to investigate the shootings.
Watch the tragedy here:
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Source: http://www.bvblackspin.com/2010/12/20/teen-boy-kills-7-year-old-then-pulls-trigger-on-himself/
Popularity of 'Don't Ask' Repeal May Have Drawn Republican Votes
Some Republicans seemed to conclude they might have been taking on some measure of risk by voting to perpetuate a policy that a clear majority of the public wanted to see repealed.
Haley Barbour Explains He Wasn't Praising Racist Group
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour explains that he wasn't really praising a racist group even though he appeared to be doing just that in an interview with a Weekly Standard writer. He also feels the pain of African Americans in the past.
Wonderland and the World of Caregiving
Sherri Snelling reveals four simple steps to prevent stress and burnout when the time comes to care for your aging parents
Sherri Snelling | 11/10/2010 12:00 am
"Good grief, I’m turning into my mother!" As the boomer generation ages, that concept is an increasingly common reality as more and more of us start to face an unsettling new phase: beecoming a parent to our parents. Welcome to your next stop ? wonderland and the world of caregiving.
According to the latest statistics from the National Alliance for Caregiving, more than 65 million Americans provide care to a loved one who has a chronic illness, a physical or mental disability, or is just "aging in place." Sixty-eight percent of these caregivers are women. In fact, the typical caregiver is a 48-year-old woman caring for her 70-year-old mother.
While women are commonly the nurturers in our ...
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