TOP 100 CAMPING SITES
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| Militants seen educated in cyber training camps (Reuters via Yahoo! News) The Internet has become a key teaching tool for Islamist militants who are using it to educate recruits in cyber training camps, crime and security experts said on Wednesday. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Funding question looms over future of Missouri state parks (The Kansas City Star) Missouri state parks need modernizing and an expansion to better serve people, officials say. But as park managers and advocates plan a revamping — from adding wireless Internet access to replacing old water pipes — first they’ve got to find more money. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Laws Fail to Keep up with Mounting E-Trash Editor's note: This article is the second of two addressing the problems posed by aging electronic devices entering the waste stream. See also, Trashed Tech: Where Do Old Cell Phones, TVs and PCs Go to Die? rss.sciam.com |
Climate change conundrum Wedged between the IPCC wrapping up its fourth assessment and the Bali negotiations for a "son of Kyoto" (a successor treaty to curb greenhouse gas emissions globally), comes the Scientific American climate change series.We've got an interactive map of climate change impacts, Q&As with Stern/Lomborg/Yohe on its cost and even 10 potential solutions (plus a bonus if you read the whole article!)It's the latter I'm most interested in. rss.sciam.com |
Christmas Mountains Open for Hikers and Campers in Texas A rugged tract of state-owned land known as the Christmas Mountains is now open to hikers and campers visiting Big Bend National Park. Jerry Patterson, the Texas land commissioner, granted an easement that allows public access to the state land via a mile-long boundary with Big Bend. Mr. Patterson said that the access was the same that would be allowed if the National Park Service owned the tract. He was alluding to a debate between his office and conservationists over who should control the pr... nytimes.com |