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For anyone in or around Fargo, PZ Myers will be speaking at the Fargo Theatre on September 24. If you can't make that, he'll also be speaking at Minot State University in Minot, ND, on October 5.

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I don't understand when people make a post to a community and include somewhere that if the post isn't appropriate, the mods are welcome to take it down. Really? You are giving the moderator of a community permission to remove a post in her community? How kind of you. Sometimes it is phrased to read that the OP will remove it himself. This is ( Read more... )

The smoke from burning marijuana leaves contains several known carcinogens and the tar it creates contains 50 percent more of some of the chemicals linked to lung cancer than tobacco smoke. A marijuana cigarette also deposits four times as much of that tar as an equivalent tobacco one. Scientists were therefore surprised to learn that a study of ( Read more... )

Just a word of warning during this Easter holiday time:

Don't give Easter lilies to people who have cats. They're poisonous to cats and will kill them.

http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?cls=1&cat=1418&articleid=837

There is a chain letter going around myspace that talks about California Senate Bill 861, which allegedly calls for the extermination of pit bulls if it passes. This is incorrect. If passed, it will require all non show dogs of certain breeds, including pit bulls, to be spayed or neutered, and owners will be required to take out insurance against ( Read more... )

Bottled Water Isn't Healthier Than Tap, Report Reveals ( Read more... )

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Scientists said Thursday that marijuana appears to promote the development of new brain cells in rats and have anti-anxiety and anti-depressant effects, a finding that could have an impact on the national debate over medical uses of the drug.

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If you live in Longmont and aren't in the longmont community, you should join. I added a bunch of local listings to the info page, and am going to add more as I get them. Oooo.