GOCE Satellite, Out Of Fuel, To Fall To Earth In November

Sorry, advocating waste as a result of poor planning is not in my portfolio. All the reasons given in yours and other replies are valid, using the scenarios and restrictions you and others espouse. BUT, I still maintain that better planning for end-of-use (why end of use? Why not plan for permancy, with Hubblde-like updates/addons and repairs, even retasking as needed? That (thousands of tons?) of "junk" IS a resource, and a potentially valuable one, I'll offer that within a few years a private company will offer to collect and store the space junk ns a location that's suitable, maybe even make it part of the first space-based manufacturing process. You must know that there are already business plans for corralling mineral/water/and resource rich asteroids from near space, maybe the moon,certainly beyond, and boosting them to near-earth processing plants. to support the manufacturing process itself and for "export" to earth, although I's bet that most would be used to build additional off-earth infrastructure. New! La Grange condos with spectular view!
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Brené Brown On Shame: 'It Cannot Survive Empathy'

Think just a little further.There are certainly circumstances in the life of everyone that call for regret, even shame, at their actions, o rlack thereof. But the author refers to the crippling, debilitating shame of an action that becuase of one's inability to reconcile or "recalibrate," puts a mental block on their progress in life, maybe to the point that the results defeat their attempts to better themselves, and those they care for..

SHAME, REGRET, ANGER; ALL HAVE THEIR PROPER PLACE AS MOTIVATORS TO DO BETTER, TO CHANGE, TO CURE THE RESULTS OF THE EVENT(S) AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. THOSE MOTIVATORS WORK BEST WHEN EMPATHY PROVIDES THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS THE COMMITMENT TO CHANGE NECESSITATED BY THE UNDERLYING "SHAMEFUL" EVENTS.
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Surrogate Mother Left To Care For Biological Parents' Twins (VIDEO)

Ah, the old manifestation of Murphy's Law: "Whatever can go wrong will go wrong, and at the worst possible time."

Surrogacy Law should provide for the "parents"-the biological donors -to bear responsibility for Child Support, under all the Child Support laws. A divorce if the egg donor mother was carring the twins would not have relieved the father of his responsibility; nor the mother. This is another case of technology, for-profit "do good" social agencies, and the system leading to unforseen, and unplanned for, consequences.The fact that the surrogate mother "couldn't bear" to turn over the children to Social Services leads to the conclusion that she must bear some responsibility for her own decisions. Good thing or bad idea? Time will tell. In the meantime, I hope someone sues the biological parents to establish parentage and provide Child Support.
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California Prisons Can Force-Feed Inmates On Hunger Strike, Rules Federal Judge

Looks like your being Grouchy is a result of the constipatory effects of your specious logic.

This was about gangs, and manipulation of prsioners through gang leaders who feel isolated -poor boys- because their in-and-out-of-prison criminal activities have caused prison authorities to segregate them. This is their action, not the action of prisoners incarcerated for minor offenses that could qualify for remedial training or anti-recividist counseling and social services.
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California Prisons Can Force-Feed Inmates On Hunger Strike, Rules Federal Judge

maybe, but this issue is NOT related to general prison conditions. Remember, prison incarceration is the result of individual decisions to commit crimes. What happens after that is a CONSEQUENCE of a bad decision. Torture may happen in the form of inmate-on-inmate pressure or further criminal activity, some may be overlooked, even condoned by prison authorites in their tacit agrement to allow gang control of part of the prisons in exchange for overall "behavior modification," meaniing that gangs set their own rules, making it easier to maintain control. This is one of the prices paid for allowing gangs in prisons.
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Republican Party Voters See GOP Heading In Wrong Direction: ABC News-Washington Post Poll

it is you who is unwilling to face the reality that, while you may have indeed been a hard-working and willing participant in the workplace, conscientious and forthwight, persistent in you efforts, there were others, many of them, who gamed the system, and still do for disability in particular, but in a multitude of other ways. Without community oppribium and moral leadership from church and political leadrers, role models and community leadrers, there is no chance of getting priorities correct, rewarding those who try, and providing a safety net worthy of the name for those in transition. It is the non-tryers, the ones with NO moral values except self-serving ones, licentious in nature, narcissistic in outlook, uncaring of others in relation to "me first" and the "devil take the hindmost."

I, too, have been unemployed, got sick, lost a business that was profitable, with good employees, and am not disabled myself. I live within my budget, in very reduced "circumstances, and am mlotly positivve, I think. My perspective come from a place where I had a little bit, then nothing very much.

I see the system for what it is. I do agree on what I think is one point you were trying make; that is, there is too much ofmonopoly practices in business and government, too little transparency in regulation and business practices, particularly in major industries like communications (cable and telco) food production, big pharma, ecducation, and most of all health care.
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How To Prevent Hunger In Upcoming Decades? Try Precision Agriculture

Most people aren't saying that we CAN'T do it; we can. perhaps, The real quesation is are there alternatives, and SHOULD we take the path of ever-increasing populatiuons needing ever-increased food "donations" and other resources, holding back others from increasing their standards of living
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