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In an effort to quell unrest, Communist Party officials are ordering Tibetans back to school. Buddhist monks, civil servants and public school students have been instructed to attend special classes in the virtues of Chinese rule and the evils of their exiled leader, the Dalai Lama.
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Japan’s Yomiuri Shimbun is reporting that the spark that set off the rioting in Lhasa on Friday was caused by a Chinese armored vehicle that ran over a crowd of Tibetans.
The large-scale riots in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa on Friday were sparked off when an armored vehicle was driven into the crowd, according to […]

“Except for the small amount that’s been incinerated—and it’s a very small amount—every bit of plastic ever made still exists.”
-Captain Charles Moore
Best Life Magazine: Plastic oceans mean plastic us
Please use plastics for durable goods only!

The best article I’ve ever seen from The Onion:

1/5th the total land mass the the United States is Alaska. You know all those maps that put it in the corner next to Hawaii, and just about as small? Take THIS:

An easy method to disinfect water in a PETE bottle in the sun:
Solar Water Disinfection