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Sculpture de Vana Xenou, Jardins du Palais-Royal, Paris 2007
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NPR Health Blog: Consumers Union Wants Action On Health Overhaul
By Maggie Mertens
October 5, 2009

From the page: "Consumer's Union, which has an active consumer advocacy arm, is launching a TV ad in support of health reform. That's a first for a policy issue in the organization's 73-year history.

"Many Americans are one pink slip--or one major illness away--from losing their health coverage," says Consumers Union President Jim Guest in the TV spot. "Washington, the time for health care reform is now."

Apple quits U.S. Chamber of Commerce over global warming views
By Dana Hull
Posted: 10/05/2009 02:58:09 PM PDT

From the page: "Adding momentum to the revolt against the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Apple on Monday resigned from the business group because of its opposition to federal efforts to limit greenhouse gases.

Apple is the fourth company and the largest, as well as the first tech company, to part ways with the chamber as the debate over global warming legislation heats up in Congress. It is also the most significant defector because Apple is a leading American brand and consumers strongly identify with its products."

Lotus, 荷花, Nelumbo nucifera, Jardin des Plantes, Paris, France 2008
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Apple's Tablet to Take Over Textbooks, Magazines, Newspapers
by Jaymi Heimbuch
09.30.09

From the page: "So Kindle seems to be bombing out among university students as a replacement for textbooks, at least in one trial run. But we mention that the Tablet from Apple could be a better solution since it is more interactive, and more familiar to anyone currently using an iPhone. And word on the street is that's just where Apple is headed with the new device, along with revolutionizing newspapers and magazines.

Brian Lam at Gizmodo has heard word that Apple is talking with McGraw Hill and Oberlin Press about moving textbooks to iTunes, something Apple has been working on doing with "several major publishing houses across several media." He also states he's heard rumor about the New York Times being approached by Apple about putting the paper on "a new device."

Tsunami Warning Signs, Facts in Wake of Samoa Quake
National Geographic News
Updated September 29, 2009

From the page: "In light of Tuesday's tsunami in Samoa and American Samoa, find out how the killer waves are caused, what the warning signs are, and how to respond when a tsunami threatens."

Proposed U.S. Carbon Cuts: All Bark, No Bite?
By Bryan Walsh
Thursday, Oct. 01, 2009

From the page: "For their part, more radical environmental groups, including Greenpeace, withheld support from the Boxer-Kerry bill -- as they did the House cap-and-trade bill -- arguing that its carbon cuts were far too modest to save the climate. Scientifically, they're probably right -- the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has said that developed nations like the U.S. need to cut carbon emissions 25 to 40% by 2020 to keep global warming within hopefully safe limits."