Friday, March 15, 2013

Friday morning roundup

Is Daw Aung San Suu Kyi too cozy with the military, as accused?

The Muslim Brotherhood does not seem to agree that women are people.

"New" farming (and lawn care) techniques are killing Lake Erie:
This time, new farming techniques, climate change and even a change in Lake Erie’s ecosystem make phosphorus pollution more intractable.
Like plants, algae thrive on a phosphorus diet. Decades ago, some 64 million pounds of phosphorus flowed into Lake Erie each year from industrial and sewer outfalls, leaky septic tanks and runoff from fertilized lawns and farms.
It's perfectly reasonable to talk to kids about not playing with gun-shaped objects, but suspending them--especially for pop tarts--is going too far.

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