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  1. Rare Meteorite With Secrets to Life (CNN - Stenger)
      Provides news story about a meteorite with charbonaceous chondrite, a component related to the formation of life.

  2. Alternative Power Systems and Rare Earth (Spark)
      Provides information on the role of rare earth for alternative energy, such as wind energy. 04-2023

  3. Editorial: Pledged Amounts for Donations Rarely Accurate (Guardian Unlimited)
      "The United Nations yesterday warned that huge promises of aid from rich countries to the Asia tsunami crisis might not be fulfilled as some countries use dubious methods to appear more generous than they really are." 01-05

  4. Stingrays Rarely Deadly (MSNBC News)
      "Stingrays like the one that killed 'Crocodile Hunter' Steve Irwin are cousins of sharks. But unlike some sharks, which are fearsome predators with powerful jaws, the stingray is rarely a threat to humans and its small mouth is no threat at all."

      "Irwin was likely killed not by the sting so much as the fact that the stingray's spear pierced his heart and caused him to bleed to death, according to news reports." 09-06

  5. -11-05-06 Contractors in Iraq Rarely Punished (MSNBC News)
      "The list of alleged contractor misdeeds in Iraq has grown long in the past 3 1/2 years. Yet when it comes to holding companies accountable, the charges seldom stick." 11-06

  6. -03-02-07 Pitcher Discovers Rare Rocks (ABC News)
      " Life has thrown pitcher Matt White a bit of a curve ball — potentially a $2 billion curveball to be exact." 03-07

  7. 06-13-08 Rare Male Sea Dragon Pregnant (CNN News)
      "The pregnant male weedy sea dragon is now only the third of its kind in the United States to successfully become pregnant outside of its natural habitat." 06-08

  8. Fishermen Catch Rare Megamouth Shark, Then Eat It (CBS News)
      "Fishermen in the Philippines accidentally caught and later ate a megamouth shark, one of the rarest fishes in the world with only 40 others recorded to have been encountered, the World Wildlife Fund said Tuesday." 04-09

  9. -China Controls 95 Percent of World's Rare Earth Minerals (CBS News)
      "China produces 95 percent of the world’s rare earths, essential for a wide range of high-tech industries."

      "No more than a few thousand metric tons remain to be shipped under this year’s quota, out of 30,300 metric tons of authorized shipments. World demand for Chinese rare earths approaches 50,000 tons a year, according to industry estimates."

      "The value of the remaining quotas has soared to the point that the right to export a single ton of rare earths from China now sells for about $40,000, including special Chinese taxes."

      "That is a sizable additional cost for buyers of neodymium, a rare earth used to make lightweight, powerful magnets essential to everything from large wind turbines to gasoline-electric cars to Apple iPhones. 10-10

  10. 03-10-11 China Controls Most of the World's Rare Earth Minerals (CNN News)
      "Accessible supplies of neodymium and 16 other rare earth elements -- which occupy those two orphaned rows at the bottom of the periodic table -- are running short. China, which controls supplies of 97% of these materials, doesn't like sharing them with the West. And the only U.S. mine for rare earth elements went out of production after a radioactive waste accident in the 1990s."

      "Throw in the fact that rare earth elements are important to all kinds of technologies -- they're the reason smartphones vibrate, why TVs have vivid reds and greens, and how computer hard drives are able to etch data -- and you've got a recipe that scares many technologists and researchers." 03-11

  11. -05-11-11 Rare Planetary Alignment Now, Not in 2012 (Time.com)
      "Beginning today and lasting for a few weeks, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter and Mars will be visible in the early morning sky, aligned roughly along the ecliptic — or the path the sun travels throughout the day. Uranus and Neptune, much fainter but there all the same, should be visible through binoculars. What gives the end-of-the-worlders shivers is that just such a configuration is supposed to occur on Dec. 21, 2012, and contribute in some unspecified way to the demolition of the planet. But what makes that especially nonsensical — apart from the fact that it's, you know, nonsense — is that astronomers say no remotely similar alignment will occur next year." 05-11

  12. -11-02-12 Extremely Rare Whale Discovered (ABC News)
      "It was Rochelle Constantine, a marine biologist at the University of Auckland, and her graduate student Kirsten Thompson, who had conducted routine DNA analyses on the beached whales. 'I hope you’re sitting down,' Constantine said. Those animals stranded in December were not Gray’s. They were instead a pair of spade-toothed beaked whales. It was a name to make a certain kind of scientist weak in the knees: the most elusive species of whale in the world, known only from several bone fragments washed up over the course of 140 years. It had never been seen in the flesh before. Van Helden looked up at the ceiling and swore." 11-12

  13. Trisomy 14 Mosaic Effects and Support Groups (RareDiseases.org - National Organization for Rare Diseases)
      Provides a discussion of possible symptoms of trisomy 14, a genetic anomaly, and lists support groups for trisomy disorders. 1-04

  14. Trisomy 13, 14, 18, and Other Rare Trisomies Support Group (TrisomyOnline.org)
      Provides a support group for families of children with trisomy disorders. 1-04

  15. Very Rare Bacteria Kill College Student (ABC News)
      "Also known as necrotizing fasciitis, flesh-eating bacteria are potent enough to turn a wound as minor as a pinprick or paper cut into a massive infection causing amputation or even death."

      "Nationwide, there are about 500 reported cases a year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention." 03-06

  16. Bubonic Plague (RareDiseases.about.com)
      "Bubonic plague is a potentially fatal bacterial infection. It causes swollen, tender lymph nodes, high fever, and chills. The infected person may develop serious illnesses such as pneumonia, blood poisoning, or meningitis." 01-07

  17. Pequot (First Nations)
      "Actually, migration was rare until settlement displaced the eastern tribes and began a chain reaction of movement to the west." 2-00

  18. Principles - A Framework For Universal Principles of Ethics (Crossroads Programs - Colero)
      "There are many tools for decision making, but few (secular) guides to indicate when situations might have an ethical implication. Yet this awareness is a crucial first step before decisions are made. Recognizing the moral context of a situation must precede any attempt to resolve it."

      "Ethical dilemmas rarely present themselves as such. They usually pass us by before we know it or develop so gradually that we can only recognize them in hindsight - a little like noticing the snake after you've been bitten." "The principles have been organized into three categories for ease of use: personal, professional and global ethics."

  19. Joyner-Kersee, Jackie (Sports Illustrated)
      Provides a biography of the greatest athletes of the 20th Century. "In ways that could be measured, Jackie Joyner-Kersee was one of the greatest Olympic athletes in history, and in ways that could not, she was a rare combination of courage and grace, of power and vulnerability." Includes a picture. 12-02

  20. -Front Lights for Bicycles - Comparison (Cateye.com)
      Compares 12 headlights in terms of brightness, battery life, type of system, and more.

      For frequent night riders, a good "system" may be a set of HL-1500 Hyper Halogen headlights used with rechargable Nickel Metal Hydride (NiMH) batteries and a one-hour NiMH recharger, available at some Drugstores, such as Walgreens. (One-hour NiMH chargers cost around $35 and a set of four NiMH batteries cost under $15.) This night "system" then costs a little over $100, with a run time of 6 hours on high and 12 hours on low.

      This lighting system, plus a Planet Bike Brt Spot LED light (in flashing mode for maximum visibility for other drivers) is a recommended system for the front of the bike.

      Rechargeable batteries may be not a good idea, however, if night riding is rare. NiMH batteries should be recharged if several weeks go by without using them. Although NiMH batteries provide double the run time compared to alkaline batteries when in use, NiMH batteries do not maintain their charge well during storage. 09-09

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