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Renewable energy activists urged Montana regulators on Thursday to reject a utility's request to add a charge for homeowners who generate surplus electricity from their own solar panels.Over the past two decades, about 2,300 NorthWestern ...
13:44, 23 May 2019
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13:15, 23 May 2019
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13:07, 23 May 2019
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13:03, 22 May 2019
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Only hours before women marched through many U.S. cities in January, Christopher Cleary set off a manhunt when he posted a Facebook message threatening to kill "as many girls as I see" in retaliation for ...
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The U.S. Department of Defense has acknowledged that it is still investigating reports of unidentified aerial phenomena," also identified as UFOs. It doesn't imply the Pentagon acknowledged the presence of extraterrestrials, but a spokesman told the ...
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12:32, 13 Mar 2019
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18:18, 21 May 2019
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16:51, 21 May 2019
Gov. Jay Inslee has signed a bill that provides $750,000 to study how to best help impacted communities if the four federal dams on the Snake River are breached.The four dams are blamed for reducing ...
09:08, 21 May 2019
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15:28, 20 May 2019
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09:58, 19 May 2019
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20:15, 17 May 2019
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18:14, 17 May 2019
Proponents of New Mexico's energy industry say emails exchanged among environmentalists and a key member of Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham's cabinet represent a conflict of interest as the state was creating landmark legislation that set ...
13:22, 17 May 2019
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16:22, 16 May 2019
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13:45, 15 May 2019
Environmentalists and community activists asked Colorado regulators on Wednesday to stop issuing new oil and gas drilling permits until they rewrite the rules under a new law that makes public safety and the environment the ...
12:06, 15 May 2019
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11:52, 15 May 2019
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17:03, 12 May 2019
Mexico City's government warned people Sunday to remain indoors as forest and brush fires carpeted the metropolis in a smoky haze that has alarmed even many of those accustomed to living with nagging air pollution.Outdoor ...
09:29, 11 May 2019
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10:50, 10 May 2019
Wisconsin's new Democratic attorney general has used his first four months in office to shift the state Department of Justice to a more liberal footing, pleasing supporters by nullifying his Republican predecessor's attempts to kill ...
06:50, 09 May 2019
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22:45, 28 Apr 2019
What Napoleon Bonaparte saw when he spent the night alone in the Great Pyramid of Giza is a mystery for the ages. Could he possibly have seen his future and his demise? Napoleon's strange encounter ...
09:20, 22 Apr 2019
Today, many atheists believe only in science and oppose the existence of God. However, the famous scientists, the “fathers of modern science,” claim their belief in God. True scientists will not arbitrarily make conclusions, they ...
09:53, 09 Apr 2019
How many people have had the feeling or the impression that they have seen and done things before, in another time? The idea of reincarnation follows from this experience, which is that at death we ...
10:38, 05 Apr 2019
In Christian religion and costumes, the star of Bethlehem is known as the astronomical guide followed by the Three Wise Men who welcomed the birth of Jesus. Throughout history, as scientific research and theories have changed ...
08:08, 03 Apr 2019
Extraordinary images of what was found inside a 2,500-year-old tooth belonging to the historical Buddha are making rounds on the internet. What is truly fascinating about this tooth are the ‘sarira’ – small relics in ...
06:23, 01 Apr 2019
Near-death experiences are an unexpectedly common phenomenon. For centuries, their occurrence and subsequent lessons have been recorded across the globe, from ancient Greece and Egypt to Buddhist and Zen philosophy in the Far East. Their ...
21:45, 21 Mar 2019
According to the Bible, David managed to beat the giant Goliath with a sling, thus becoming the second Hebrew monarch. The truth of this myth, which might be difficult to assimilate for many people, was ...
10:37, 13 Mar 2019
In our collective minds, the word mirage evokes images of deceptive water puddles that lurk in the distance and then disappear when approached, or those illusory oases that are commonly seen in the deserts – ...
07:12, 07 Mar 2019
What causes birth defects? Why do some people suffer miserable, incurable diseases? One theory claims that the outcome of actions performed in past lives are to blame. And who does this theory belong to? The ...
11:41, 25 Feb 2019
"Men hang out their signs indicative of their respective trades; shoemakers hang out a gigantic shoe; jewelers a monster watch, and the dentist hangs out a gold tooth; but in the mountains of New Hampshire, ...
21:50, 21 Feb 2019
“Geometry has two great treasures; one is the Pythagorean theorem; the other, the auric ratio. The first we may compare to a measure of gold; the second we may name a precious jewel.” – Johannes ...
11:42, 27 Jan 2019
Reincarnation is rebirth. Being born again implies transition from life to death and back again; a continuous cycle. According to both Eastern and Western religions, a human being consists of two parts; body and soul. ...
11:43, 12 Jan 2019
In the wake of Stephen Hawking’s incredible impact on the world of science, there’s a new kid in town. A child prodigy from America is taking the science world by storm. William Maillis aged 12, ...
21:20, 09 Jan 2019
Repeating waves of this length are a mystery but not likely a sign of life
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Link to: The Universe, Life and the Human Body, Part I – Existence vs Non Existence Link to: The Universe, Life and the Human Body, Part II – Leonardo da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man Link to: The Universe, Life ...
08:58, 01 Dec 2018
Link to: The Universe, Life and the Human Body, Part I – Existence vs Non Existence Link to: The Universe, Life and the Human Body, Part II – Leonardo da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man Link to: The Universe, Life ...
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Link to: The Universe, Life and the Human Body, Part I - Existence vs Non Existence Link to: The Universe, Life and the Human Body, Part II – Leonardo da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man GLOBAL CONSCIOUSNESS Specifically, there are ...
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Link to Part I of this series - Existence vs Non Existence Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, born around 80 BC, served under the Roman emperor Julius Caesar as designer and creator of his army’s artillery machines. Later ...
10:36, 15 Nov 2018
The Lycurgus Cup It is a 4th century Roman glass cage cup made of dichroic glass, which holds a special property. The cup lights up in red when lit from behind and green when lit from ...
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