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Measles Resurgent Due To Fear of Vaccination
from the don't-take-medical-advice-from-nude-models dept.
posted by Soulskill on Wednesday August 31, @08:18 (Medicine)
with 628 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/08/31/0542237/Measles-Resurgent-Due-To-Fear-of-Vaccination?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Chinese Want To Capture an Asteroid
from the what-could-go-wrong? dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 31, @13:30 (China)
with 402 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/08/31/1656237/Chinese-Want-To-Capture-an-Asteroid?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Alloy Could Produce Hydrogen Fuel Using Sunlight
from the panacea-for-the-zeppelin-industry dept.
posted by Soulskill on Wednesday August 31, @00:21 (Power)
with 331 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/08/31/015246/Alloy-Could-Produce-Hydrogen-Fuel-Using-Sunlight?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Sixteen Years Later: GNU Still Needs An Extension Language
from the one-of-us-one-of-us dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Wednesday August 31, @11:17 (GNU is Not Unix)
with 331 comments
http://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/08/31/1445203/Sixteen-Years-Later-GNU-Still-Needs-An-Extension-Language?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Apple's Chinese Suppliers Accused of Causing Significant Environmental Damage
from the spoonfull-of-mercury dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Wednesday August 31, @12:50 (China)
with 292 comments
http://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/08/31/1626245/Apples-Chinese-Suppliers-Accused-of-Causing-Significant-Environmental-Damage?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Justice Dept. Files Antitrust Complaint Against AT&T and T-Mobile Merger
from the but-ma-was-so-close-to-being-rebuilt dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Wednesday August 31, @12:01 (AT&T)
with 265 comments
http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/08/31/1543256/Justice-Dept-Files-Antitrust-Complaint-Against-ATampT-and-T-Mobile-Merger?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Will Climate Engineering Ever Go Prime Time?
from the warm-up-the-hurricane-gun dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 31, @14:20 (Science)
with 215 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/08/31/1746218/Will-Climate-Engineering-Ever-Go-Prime-Time?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Wikileaks Reveals BitTorrent Lawsuit Background
from the one-copyright-regime-to-rule-them-all dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Wednesday August 31, @09:00 (Australia)
with 186 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/08/31/1218220/Wikileaks-Reveals-BitTorrent-Lawsuit-Background?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

James Gosling Leaves Google
from the just-stopping-by dept.
posted by Soulskill on Tuesday August 30, @20:12 (Google)
with 182 comments
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/08/31/000250/James-Gosling-Leaves-Google?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Akamai Employee Tried To Sell Secrets To Israel
from the nobody-does-it-like-nedry dept.
posted by Soulskill on Tuesday August 30, @22:13 (Privacy)
with 167 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/08/31/0114249/Akamai-Employee-Tried-To-Sell-Secrets-To-Israel?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Another Unreleased iPhone Lost by Employee In a Bar
from the I-think-I-saw-this-episode-already dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 31, @18:20 (Iphone)
with 128 comments
http://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/08/31/2132203/Another-Unreleased-iPhone-Lost-by-Employee-In-a-Bar?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Panda Poo Yields Key To Cheaper Biofuels
from the fuel-panda-makes-fuel dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 31, @10:51 (Power)
with 104 comments
http://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/08/31/1348241/Panda-Poo-Yields-Key-To-Cheaper-Biofuels?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Juno Looks Back, Photographs Earth-Moon System
from the we-tread-upon-specks dept.
posted by Soulskill on Wednesday August 31, @03:39 (Earth)
with 97 comments
http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/08/31/0551247/Juno-Looks-Back-Photographs-Earth-Moon-System?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

German Ban On <em>Doom</em> Finally Lifted
from the that-was-fast dept.
posted by Soulskill on Wednesday August 31, @18:40 (Censorship)
with 77 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/08/31/2024209/German-Ban-On-Doom-Finally-Lifted?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Chemical Cocktail Turns Mice Clear
from the thank-you-science dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 31, @19:32 (Science)
with 75 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/08/31/2223248/Chemical-Cocktail-Turns-Mice-Clear?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

The Crypto Project Revives Cypherpunk Ethic
from the blast-from-the-past dept.
posted by Soulskill on Wednesday August 31, @02:23 (Privacy)
with 74 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/08/31/0424251/The-Crypto-Project-Revives-Cypherpunk-Ethic?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Localizing Language In the Brain
from the look-at-my-big-language-center-babe dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Wednesday August 31, @09:42 (Science)
with 69 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/08/31/136241/Localizing-Language-In-the-Brain?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Large Improvement in Graphene Photosensitivity Realized
from the we-demand-more-bits dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Wednesday August 31, @10:30 (The Internet)
with 67 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/08/31/1356236/Large-Improvement-in-Graphene-Photosensitivity-Realized?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Book Review: CoffeeScript: Accelerated JavaScript Development
from the read-all-about-it dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 31, @15:57 (Book Reviews)
with 62 comments
http://books.slashdot.org/story/11/08/31/1627240/Book-Review-CoffeeScript-Accelerated-JavaScript-Development?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Hackers May Have Nabbed Over 200 SSL Certificates
from the from-bad-to-worse dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 31, @19:11 (Security)
with 58 comments
http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/08/31/2221248/Hackers-May-Have-Nabbed-Over-200-SSL-Certificates?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Russia Close To Findings On Soyuz and Proton
from the who's-to-blame dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 31, @15:09 (ISS)
with 56 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/08/31/1756247/Russia-Close-To-Findings-On-Soyuz-and-Proton?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Record-Low Error Rate For Qubit Processor
from the top-of-the-class dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 31, @16:45 (Hardware)
with 47 comments
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/08/31/1844252/Record-Low-Error-Rate-For-Qubit-Processor?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Swarmanoid 'Bots Rule Air, Land, Bookshelves
from the just-don't-tell-them-where-the-guns-are dept.
posted by Soulskill on Wednesday August 31, @05:24 (Robotics)
with 40 comments
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/08/31/0611250/Swarmanoid-Bots-Rule-Air-Land-Bookshelves?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

UCLA Develops Stretchable OLED Display
from the pulled-thin dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 31, @17:33 (Displays)
with 28 comments
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/08/31/2019240/UCLA-Develops-Stretchable-OLED-Display?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

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My kids and I just returned from Costa Rica, where we spent two weeks at Rancho Margot, an off-the-grid sustainable ranch and resort along the Cano Negro River overlooking Lake Arenal, the Children's Eternal Rainforest, Monteverde National Park and Arenal National Park. We did all the touristy things that people do in Costa Rica--ziplining, horseback riding, hiking--and we enjoyed the spectacular scenery. But we all agree that we miss meals the most. Two solid weeks of just-picked fruits and vegetables, free-range eggs and pork, and homemade cheese and butter is a treat that everyone should experience. (Really, it's a treat we should give ourselves daily.) Combined with the lively company--students, dignitaries, yogis and families from all over the world--mealtimes at Rancho Margot were a feast for our bodies and our souls. Just thinking about it makes me hungry (and homesick). When the Sostheim family bought the 400-acre property that they named Rancho Margot in 2004, it had been destroyed by decades of cattle ranching. Just one tree remained, and the sandy soil was trampled and useless. Their goal was, and is, to reforest the mountainous property and replenish the native flora and fauna. They've planted hundreds of trees and turned acidic, downtrodden soil into rich, abundant earth that grows food--without chemicals--for volunteers and guests of their resort, education and wellness center. Fruit and vegetable gardens, a pig pen, a chicken coop and a dairy, tucked among hills alive with birds and butterflies, provide up to half the ranch's food needs. (The family hopes to be completely self-sufficient within the next decade.)

Rancho Margot founder Juan Sostheim is building a self-sufficient, closed-loop farm and ranch.

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A dairy, free-range pig pen and chicken coop are tucked into Rancho Margot's verdant hills.

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Rancho Margot's animals eat protein-rich food grown on the ranch, and their manure is turned into rich compost that feeds the ashy soil. (Human waste, full of chemicals and pharmaceuticals, must be treated separately.) Today a dozen hummingbird species, as well as yiguirro, sangretoro and green quetzal, flit among the heliconia and bamboo orchids that spill onto Rancho Margot's winding paths. The ranch is returning to its natural abundance while employing local farmworkers, cooks and craftsmen. Carpenters make furniture using teak and laurel from nearby La Tigra and giant cane from the ranch; soapmakers turn the kitchen's spent cooking oil into soap and laundry products; and cheesemakers roll out wheels of farm and goat, cheddar and mozzarella.

The farm's cheese makers use traditional Costa Rican methods to make farm, goat, cheddar and mozzarella cheeses.

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Staying at Rancho Margot opened up worlds of possibility for my suburban kids and me. We experienced the beauty of self-sufficiency and saw how truly sustainable development benefits the local community as well as the global one. We met people who will, no doubt, change the world. But mostly, we long for the butter.
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Hurricane Irene Not a Sign from God

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Connecting Mind, Body, and Spirit

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We Didn’t Know Food Could Taste This Good

My kids and I just returned from Costa Rica, where we spent two weeks at Rancho Margot, an off-the-grid sustainable ranch and resort along the Cano Ne...
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