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A six-week, $485 primer focuses on the history, the horticulture and the legal how-to's of Michigan's new medical marijuana program.
Smoke up!

Source:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/29/education/29marijuana.html

The presenters of Top Gear, among the finer specimens of British television talent (Dr.

Gregory House being another), were this past week engaged in

Source:
http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/26/top-gear-team-builds-ev-shows-how-complex-car-production-really/

According to estimates from researchers at the University of Chicago, the total number of Americans with diabetes will double in the next 25 years, from the current 23.7 million to some 44.1 million in 2034.

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http://wellness.blogs.time.com/2009/11/27/diabetes-expected-to-double-costs-to-triple-by-2034/

Thanksgiving Leftovers Sandwich: Leftover turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, gravy, corn, cranberry sauce, mac & cheese, spinach balls, puerto rican rice, brussel sprouts, pearl onions, BACON, white castle hamburgers and ravioli inside a foot long bun.

Source:
http://thisiswhyyourefat.com/post/258422664/thanksgiving-leftovers-sandwich-leftover-turkey

This advertisement for Camel cigarettes appeared in the November 23, 1936 edition of LIFE magazine.

It earnestly demands that you smoke a Camel after each course of Thanksgiving dinner -- "for digestion's sake."

Source:
http://consumerist.com/2009/11/1936-thanksgiving-camel-ad-smoke-after-each-course.html

If you're like me, and you have trouble keeping friendly frontal hugs from turning into full-on depraved bonefests, you'll appreciate the advice of these side-hug-advocating, Jesus-loving white rappers.

The video is priceless.

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http://www.motherjones.com/riff/2009/11/best-abstinence-advice-ever?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed: motherjones/TheRiff (Mother Jones | The Riff)&utm_content=Twitter

National Geographic's International Photography Contest attracts thousands of entries from photographers of all skill levels around the world every year.

While this year's entry deadline has passed, there is still time to view and vote for your favorites in the Viewer's Choice competition.

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http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/11/national_geographics_internati.html

To celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Channel Tunnel, former F1
champion John Surtees has become the first person to drive a private
car from Folkestone to Coquelle.

Source:
http://www.euinfrastructure.com/news/channel-tunnel-surtees/

Kids ask questions for a reason.

Source:
http://www.livescience.com/culture/091123-why-kids-ask.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed: Livesciencecom (LiveScience.com Science Headline Feed)&utm_content=Google Reader

WASHINGTON ” More than 2.1 million drop-side cribs by Stork Craft Manufacturing are being recalled, the biggest crib recall in U.S history, following reports of four infant suffocations.

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http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/top/all/6736230.html

New guidelines to protect whisky from foreign imitation, including new rules on labelling and bottling, are coming into force in Scotland on Monday.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/8372260.stm

In very strong competition for the best city for night life among world capitals such as Monteral, Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires, a small town in small country took all the sympathy and won first place¦Below you can see a list of top 10 selected cities for night life.

Source:
http://www.mothertrip.com/10-best-night-life-cities/

The Abu Dhabi police department took the wraps of its latest cruiser on Monday at the F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix ” a 2010 Nissan GT-R carrying a price tag of over $83,000.

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http://www.leftlanenews.com/criminals-beware-abu-dhabi-unveils-police-issue-nissan-gt-r.html

Illustrations detailing the secret weapons of Dr.

Who, an evil scientist bent on capturing King Kong, place a mind-control helmet on his head, and use him to hijack ships and rob banks.The 50-meter tall remote-control robot is powered by a 200,000-kilowatt nuclear reactor and can shoot laser beams from its eyes and poison gas from its nose.

Source:
http://pinktentacle.com/2009/11/mechani-kong-and-dr-whos-secret-pyramid-base/

The research team describes the study as the first to show that cigarettes themselves could be the direct source of exposure to a wide array of potentially pathogenic microbes among smokers and other people exposed to secondhand smoke.

Source:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091119121300.htm

Angry students statewide are protesting a 32-percent undergraduate tuition hike instituted by the California Board of Regents. Can I just skip the last 1/3 of college?

Source:
http://www.ireport.com/ir-topic-stories.jspa?topicId=359609

The surgeons of tomorrow will include tiny robots that enter our bodies and do their work from the inside, with no need to open patients up or knock them out.

While nanobots that swim through the blood are still in the realm of fantasy, several groups are developing devices a few millimetres in size.

Source:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20427351.100-medibots-the-worlds-smallest-surgeons.html?full=true

Not everyone can be trusted with a spoon (think asylums and prisons), so a company that develops paper container lids has developed a biodegradable, safe spoon. While its safe paper design ensures your dining partner won't be able to shank you with it, it's shape, complete with a tip labeled 'Eat', suggests a shank of a different sort.

Source:
http://www.greenerdesign.com/news/2009/11/20/utensil-company-debuts-safe-paper-spoon

Artists that produce photorealistic sculptures, for the most part, aim to show us our bodies and life as it really is.

Source:
http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/11/mind-blowing-hyperrealistic-sculptures/

Don't you just love the guy who leaves his blinker on for hours and hours?

Source:
http://cargeeks.us/blog/aggravating-drivers