New body 'liquefaction' unit unveiled in Florida funeral home

BBC News - New body 'liquefaction' unit unveiled in Florida funeral home: The system works by submerging the body in a solution...

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Things you really don't want to read about.

Google Cuts Churches Out Of Nonprofit Program | Christianity Today | A Magazine of Evangelical Conviction

Google Cuts Churches Out Of Nonprofit Program | Christianity Today | A Magazine of Evangelical Conviction: All of that changed in mid-March when the company launched "Google for Nonprofits." The new initiative united a robust set of Google's tools into one program, but it also came with new guidelines that excluded numerous entities, including schools, political thinktanks, churches, proselytizing groups, and any organization that considers religion or sexual orientation in hiring decisions.

Say goodbye to cavities: New gel could help your teeth fix themselves | Technology News Blog - Yahoo! News

Say goodbye to cavities: New gel could help your teeth fix themselves | Technology News Blog - Yahoo! News: "This may sound too good to be true, but we are essentially helping acid-damaged teeth to regenerate themselves. It is a totally natural non-surgical repair process and is entirely pain-free too."

Right Direction or Wrong Track - Rasmussen Reports™

Right Direction or Wrong Track - Rasmussen Reports™

"...15% of Likely U.S. Voters now say the country is heading in the right direction"

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Maybe the headline should be "15% really hate this country."

Regulators close 64th U.S. bank this year - Yahoo! News

Regulators close 64th U.S. bank this year - Yahoo! News

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Did you know this? How is it in a "recovery" (even an anemic one) that banks are still being closed? Answer: they wouldn't be closed; we are not in any kind of recovery and due to the normal economic cycle, we are now in the beginnings of the greatest depression we will ever see.

Arne Duncan: Teacher pay should start at $60K | Iowa Independent

Arne Duncan: Teacher pay should start at $60K | Iowa Independent: "In Iowa, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average beginning teacher salary is $31,753. The average teacher salary in Iowa is more than $10,000 below what Duncan recommended as starting wages."

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Why stop at $60K? Doesn't everybody agree that teachers are far more important than say, pro athletes? Teachers should start at at least twice the starting salary of a pro baseball, football, or basketball player. That would be about $1 million/year.

Fortunately we can afford this since the debt ceiling was just raised.

GM Confirms Slow Chevy Volt Sales | National Legal and Policy Center

GM Confirms Slow Chevy Volt Sales | National Legal and Policy Center: "Only 125 Volts were sold during the month of July. Recent reports attributed the slump to supply constraints as GM spokeswoman, Michelle Bunker, was quoted as saying that the Volt was 'virtually sold out' and only a 'few' were available nationwide. I have confirmed that this statement is not entirely truthful and have gotten clarification from GM through Director of Communications, Greg Martin."

Our priorities are upside down

Coralville dad sour over temporary ordinance | Iowa City Press Citizen | press-citizen.com: "Dustin Krutsinger, a 28-year-old medical student at the University of Iowa, said his daughter, Abigail, set up a lemonade stand Friday near their 20th Avenue home. Within 30 minutes, a Coralville officer came to shut it down."

Nobody's happy. But how great both sides coming together to make it happen!

Debt and spending deal picks up momentum in Senate - Yahoo! News: "Reid opened the day's session in the Senate by declaring the deal shows that the often-dysfunctional Senate can come together when it counts. 'People on the right are upset, people on the left are upset, people in the middle are upset,' he said. 'It was a compromise.'"