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Monsanto's Harvest of Fear: Politics & Power: vanityfair.com - (USA)
http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2008/05/monsanto200805?printable=true¤tPage=all
Giant microwave turns plastic back to oil - earth - 26 June 2007 - New Scientist Environment - (USA)
A US company is taking plastics recycling to another level ? zapping them with a variety of frequencies to break down the hydrocarbon chains
http://environment.newscientist.com/article/dn12141-giant-microwave-turns-plastic-back-to-oil.html
Find it Hard to Read the Time? Try a LED Digital Wall Clock - (USA)
by Ali Mulyadi Are you looking for a clock to go in your home or office? Then why not look at a LED digital wall clock. The LED display can be seen up to 75 feet away and is so easy to read that you will be able to view it from any part of the room. You can even buy them with a seconds function that can be very handy when doing more precise or accurate time keeping. Applications for a LED digital wall clock could include office environments, sound and video studios, radio and television broa
http://www.financenewsblog.com/find-it-hard-to-read-the-time-try-a-led-digital-wall-clock/
A Peaceful Solution Monique “Amalphi” Claus - (USA)
Click here to view the embedded video. Monique “Amalphi” Claus shows her keen eye and wonderful graphic style in her video illustration of “A Peaceful Solution.” We have previously used her art as lead images to our ‘Family Farms Pulled Us Out of the Great Depression’ and ‘Seek Peace’ articles. The actions of Christianists in supporting and even fighting in foreign wars of aggression immediately brings the whole of mainstream Christianism into question. The supposedly Christianist United State
http://willienelsonpri.com/peace/1736/a-peaceful-solution-monique-%e2%80%9camalphi%e2%80%9d-claus.html
DrumBeat: May 15, 2009 - (USA)
New presentations by Matt Simmons • Have We "Peaked?" • Is There Light At The End Of The Dark Tunnel? • Investing During A World-Class Crisis The Danger of Inaction: A Chat With Thomas Homer-Dixon In his latest book, “Carbon Shift,” the political scientist Thomas Homer-Dixon, chair of global systems at the Balsillie School of International Affairs in Waterloo, Ontario, assembles essays by six experts who tackle contentious issues such as the global supply of fossil fuels, t
http://www.theoildrum.com/node/5398
Earthpulse Press - (USA)
http://www.earthpulse.com/
Wilderness Classroom Organization - (USA)
http://www.wildernessclassroom.com/
Bush Mandates New Fuel Rules By End Of Term - (USA)
President George W. Bush issued an executive order last Monday directing three agencies to come up with regulations by the end of his term. The president’s order is aimed at improving fuel economy standards for cars and at the same time slashing tailpipe emissions of greenhouse gases. “We have now reached a pivotal moment where advances in technology are creating new ways to improve energy security , strengthen national security and protect the environment ,” Bush said in an announcement
http://www.lookurl.com/psychology/bush-mandates-fuel-rules-term.html
PCS#1: Iran’s Composites Infrastructure - (USA)
Tehran University, one of the Iranian universities that has significant research in material sciences including advanced composite materials. My previous two posts ( part 3 and part 4 of this series on a proliferation case study examining Iran’s possible indigenous production of Safir engine production parts) discussed a framework for thinking about how proliferators get WMD and the means to deliver them. It was pointed out that the best way for proliferators to get the technology
http://www.armscontrolwonk.com/2420/pcs1-irans-composites-infrastructure
Climate Debate Daily - (USA)
http://climatedebatedaily.com/
A Solar Grand Plan: Scientific American - (USA)
By 2050 solar power could end U.S. dependence on foreign oil and slash greenhouse gas emissions
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=a-solar-grand-plan&page=1
IBM Research funded by DARPA to mimic Human Brain on Chip - SyNAPSE Project - (USA)
IBM research still heavily invests on new programs that drives innovation in the Industry. In the recent research to mimic the best parts of human brain function on a highly intelligent computer to decypher tons of data quickly, it got investors. IBM received $16.1 million to kick start its’ part of a DARPA - Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency research program aimed at “Rapidly and efficiently put brain-like senses into actual hardware and software so that computers can process and un
http://www.taranfx.com/blog/?p=1570
Can weeds help solve the climate crisis? - International Herald Tribune - (USA)
Can weeds help solve the climate crisis?
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/06/30/news/29weedst.php
Ambiance and Peace of Mind With Tibetan Singing bowls - (USA)
Ambiance and Peace of Mind With Tibetan Singing bowls by Danpa NyeemaReligious concepts and the ambiance related to it always give peace to our mind and soul. Varieties of methods are used to meditate and concentrate in the thought of a super power. Tibetan Singing bowls are a similar kind of material used by mainly the Buddhists when they meditate. Singing bowl instigated from the Himalayan regions of Tibet, China, India, Bhutan and Nepal. Singing bowl has become very popular and is wi
http://vroongel.com/ambiance-and-peace-of-mind-with-tibetan-singing-bowls-20090809
Stevens Assists in Recovery of Wreckage After Hudson River Mid-Air Collision - (USA)
Stevens Assists in Recovery of Wreckage After Hudson River Mid-Air CollisionForecast model proves valuable in locating downed helicopter, monitoring water conditionsHOBOKEN, N.J., Aug. 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Almost immediately after the terrible mid-air collision that occurred over the Hudson River this past weekend, Stevens Institute of Technology was contacted by local, state and Federal officials to help in the recovery effort.Scientists and researchers at Stevens have spent decades lea
http://www.only2press.com/archives/20139
White America: Suicide or Murder? - (USA)
August 9, 2009 in Book Review, Jew Subversion, Whites | Tags: Anglo-Saxons, Culture of Critique, Darwin, Ethnicity, European Americans, Intellectuals, Kevin MacDonald, Lamarck, social destruction, WASP Suicide — Or Murder? Kaufmann’s Rise and Fall of Anglo-AmericaBy Kevin MacDonaldEric P. Kaufmann’s The Rise and Fall of Anglo-America presents the case that Anglo-America committed what one might call “suicide by idea”: White, Anglo-Saxon Protestants were motivated to give up ethnic hegemony by
http://incogman.wordpress.com/2009/08/09/white-america-suicide-or-murder/
The Informed Reader - WSJ.com : A Metal Scare to Rival the Oil Scare - (USA)
Indium, gallium and hafnium are some of the least-known elements on the periodic table, but New Scientist warns that reserves of these low-profile minerals and others like them might soon be exhausted thanks to the demand for flat screens and other high-tech goods. Scientists who have tried to estimate how long the world's mineral supply can meet global demand have made some gloomy predictions. Armin Reller, a materials chemist at the University of Augsburg in Germany, estimates that in 10 years the world will run out of indium, used for making liquid-crystal displays for flat-screen televisions and computer monitors. ...
http://blogs.wsj.com/informedreader/2007/05/25/a-metal-scare-to-rival-the-oil-scare/
Colbert and Kamen Solve the World's Water Problems | Wired Science from Wired.com - (USA)
There has been much buzz about the water-purifying machine that Segway inventor Dean Kamen demonstrated on the Colbert Report last week (even taking on the bag of Spicy Sweet Chili
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/03/colbert-and-kam.html
Greener Thinking - Article: Us vs. Them: The Invasive Plant Invasion - (USA)
http://www.greenerthinking.com/default.aspx?articleID=016
The People Who Shape Our World - The TIME 100 - TIME - (USA)
Here's our list of the 100 men and women whose power, talent or moral example is transforming the world....
http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/time100
The Nature Conservancy Launched National Online Competition to Name Underwater Robot - (USA)
The Nature Conservancy launched a national online competition to help name its new remotely operated vehicle (ROV) . This September, the Conservancy will launch the first controlled study of its kind on the West Coast, using the ROV to assess the impact of trawl fishing off California’s Central Coast. The public is invited to vote for their favorite name online . The competition will be open until midnight on August 31. The winning name will be announced on September 25 on nature.org. The
http://www.got2begreen.com/green-lifestyles/the-nature-conservancy-launched-national-online-competition-to-name-underwater-robot/
Try LED Digital Wall Clock for Better Readability - (USA)
by Ali Mulyadi If you are looking for a wall clock that will suit a commercial or home environment then why not try a LED digital wall clock. The LED display is so large and easy to read that you can see it from up to 75 feet away. There is even a second LED display that will show you the other functions that the LED digital wall clock has and can be used for more precise timing. Applications for a LED digital wall clock could include office environments, sound and video studios, radio and
http://electronics-council.com/blog/16282/try-led-digital-wall-clock-for-better-readability/
Strange Alternative Power Source: Expired Medications | snarfd - (USA)
Posted by Mike on 30. November 2008 Imagine this sticker above your light switch: Powered by Prozac. No, it’s not likely that your local power plant will be swapping coal for old Celebrex tablets anytime soon. But a little free energy is the happy byproduct of drug disposal by Milwaukee-based Capital Returns, a company that specializes in the management of old pharmaceutical stocks. Drugs have shelf life, beyond which they cannot be sold. But old medications are more difficult to get rid of tha
http://mek1980.wordpress.com/2008/11/30/strange-alternative-power-source-expired-medications-snarfd/
Strong Perseid Meteor Shower Expected Tonight - (USA)
Play Video WRAL Raleigh – Carolina Skies: Perseid meteors streak across the sky Strong Meteor Shower Expected Tonight Robert Roy Britt Editorial Director SPACE.com Robert 2 hrs 41 mins ago The annual Perseid meteor shower is expected to put on a good show this week for those willing to get up in the wee hours of the morning and wait patiently for the shooting stars . In North America, the best time to watch will be between midnight to 5 a.m. on Wedn
http://blog.luciolepress.com/2009/08/11/strong-perseid-meteor-shower-expected-tonight.aspx?ref=rss
PhD Positions in Computer Science at University of Ghent, Belgium - (USA)
website link: https://webster.ugent.be/vacatures/AAPWP/TW05PHD.html PhD projects IDEA: Intelligent, Distributed Environmental Assessment is a newly granted project that will run for four years to come. The project will greatly improve methodologies for measuring the quality of the local living environment and support policy action taken on the basis of an intelligent interpretation of results. (more…)
http://lowonganbeasiswa.com/2008/11/30/phd-positions-in-computer-science-at-university-of-ghent-belgium/
GreenYour.com | Your guide to a greener anything. - (USA)
Learn the real environmental issues, find eco-friendly tips and products to help find your way to sustainable living. GreenYour.com is your guide to a greener anything.
http://www.greenyour.com/
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