Life – Week of 8.29.10

How Panhandlers Use Free Credit Cards
The Star (28 Aug 10)

Amazon River Level in Peru at 40-year Low
BBC News (2 Sept 10)

Hurricane Earl Strengthens, Heads for North Carolina
Bloomberg Businessweek (2 Sept 10)

U.S. Evacuations Begin as Hurricane Earl Loomsz
CBS News (1 Sept 10)

Final Survival Preparations
Neithercorp Press (29 Aug 10)

Homelessness Up 50% In New York City
myfox New York (30 Aug 10)

How to Tell When Your Boss is Lying
The Economist (19 Aug 10)

The Erosion of America’s Middle Class
Spiegel Online (19 Aug 10)

Double Rainbow at Burning Man: ‘What Does it Mean?’
CNET News (30 Aug 10)

Burning Man
Wikipedia

Oxford English Dictionary ‘Will Not be Printed Again’
Telegraph.co.uk (29 Aug 10)

U.S. Birth Rate Falls For Second Year in Midst of Recession
CNN U.S. (29 Aug 10)

Shoppers ‘Panic Buying’ Old 75W Bulbs Before EU Ban Comes Into Force
Telegraph.co.uk (28 Aug 10)

Ten Reasons to Become Self-Sufficient and Ten Ways to Get There
Activist Post (20 Aug 10)

1 Million More Pakistanis Displaced by Flooding
Los Angeles Times (28 Aug 10)