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Godzilla, Warrior Princess 9/22/13 Dan Goodman, 1720 Como Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414. dsgood at iphouse.com or at gmail.com. 612-298-2354
Sunday September 22, 2013 First day of Fall.

***From the New York Times:

Mexico, whose economic woes have pushed millions of people north, is increasingly becoming an immigrant destination. The country’s documented foreign-born population nearly doubled between 2000 and 2010, and officials now say the pace is accelerating as broad changes in the global economy create new dynamics of migration.
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The shift with Mexico’s northern neighbor is especially stark. Americans now make up more than three-quarters of Mexico’s roughly one million documented foreigners, up from around two-thirds in 2000, leading to a historic milestone: more Americans have been added to the population of Mexico over the past few years than Mexicans have been added to the population of the United States, according to government data in both nations.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/22/world/americas/for-migrants-new-land-of-opportunity-is-mexico.html?ref=business&_r=1&pagewanted=all&

***From Twitter:

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ever wondered what Proto-Indo-European sounded like? here's some recent attempts to reconstruct it: http://bit.ly/15jHQK1 // via @StanCarey
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Monday September 23, 2013 Sent a letter of comment on Fred Lerner's LOFGEORNOST 112 which included this --

Flying cars: This might be the first use in sf, though the term was first used somewhat later. From technovelgy.com: "'This is (as far as I know) the first use of the word "aerocar."
He was now developing the film in his room at the Flash office, and the aerocar which had brought him was still outside the large bay window swinging gently to and fro at its moorings in the summer breeze.
From The Abduction of Alexandra Seine, by Fred C. Smale.
Published by Not Known in 1900
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"At the time this book was written, there were neither standardized cars nor airplanes."

***Political divide emerges on plan to overhaul Minnesota judicial elections

A group with broad support in the legal community — and the strong backing of a former Republican governor — is pushing a constitutional amendment that would change the way judges face voters.

Judges would still stand for re-election, but would face no challengers. Instead, voters would opt to keep judges or toss them out. If an incumbent lost, a nonpartisan review committee would assemble a new pool of potential replacements and the governor would select a new one.
http://www.startribune.com/politics/statelocal/224808652.html?page=all&prepage=1&c=y#continue

Right -- nothing political about gubernatorial appointments.

***From File770.com:

H.P. Lovecraft as a hard science author? The Lovecraftian Science blog [http://lovecraftianscience.wordpress.com/] exists to make the argument

***From Twitter:

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Google unveils CONSTITUTE: searchable database of the world's constitutions. Not beach reading. http://bit.ly/18lvFQN via @Democracy_Lab

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"Do you ever wish you had married someone else?" asked Gina. Albert's brain went into overdrive seeking the correct answer. "No?"

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Math explains history: Simulation accurately captures the evolution of ancient complex societies http://phys.org/news/2013-09-math-history-simulation-accurately-captures.html …