Clipmarks | JICWyllie's clips

Sea Water as Fuel??

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 02:12:14 GMT

clipped by: mrouk

'Remarkable' Discovery: Scientists Burn Saltwater

ERIE, Pa. (AP)—An Erie cancer researcher has found a way to burn salt water, a novel invention that is being touted by one chemist as the "most remarkable" water science discovery in a century.

John Kanzius happened upon the discovery accidentally when he tried to desalinate seawater with a radio-frequency generator he developed to treat cancer. He discovered that as long as the salt water was exposed to the radio frequencies, it would burn.

The discovery has scientists excited by the prospect of using salt water, the most abundant resource on earth, as a fuel.

Tags: science

Clipmarks and the Art of Highlighting

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 19:13:48 GMT

clipped by: adamc
clipper's remarks: Clipper JICWyllie published this piece in Inside Knowledge magazine. His insight regarding annotation and classification is fascinating. And it's inspiring to read about the potential of Clipmarks as a tool for group intelligence -- World Mind here we come!

Thanks Jan!

Clip Source: www.ikmagazine.com

Sorting the useful information from the rubbish on the internet is an everyday challenge. Can social-networking sites, such as Clipmarks, help?

After looking at Clipmarks for a few minutes, here is part of what I first wrote: “Clipmarks is the first vital step towards the collaborative creation of a new level of meta-knowledge, enabling people to better understand the big picture. The next step is to use multifaceted taxonomies as the intellectual tools for collecting and organising the evidence on which metaknowledge is based.”

All individuals and groups can start contributing their intelligence and interests to the content and organisation of corporate clips collections (or the World Mind), right now, using simple tools and tagging devices like Clipmarks.

Tags: clipmarks, information, inside knowledge

Scientists hail ‘frozen smoke’ as material that will change world

Wed, 26 Dec 2007 19:12:52 GMT

clipped by: JICWyllie
clipper's remarks: A constructive way to mop up excess carbon dioxide ...

Clip Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Aerogel, one of the world’s lightest solids, can withstand a direct blast of 1kg of dynamite and protect against heat from a blowtorch at more than 1,300C.

Aerogel is nicknamed “frozen smoke” and is made by extracting water from a silica gel, then replacing it with gas such as carbon dioxide. The result is a substance that is capable of insulating against extreme temperatures and of absorbing pollutants such as crude oil.

It was invented by an American chemist for a bet in 1931

Aerogel is described by scientists as the “ultimate sponge”, with millions of tiny pores on its surface making it ideal for absorbing pollutants in water.

Dunlop, the sports equipment company, has developed a range of squash and tennis rackets strengthened with aerogel, which are said to deliver more power.

Although aerogel is classed as a solid, 99% of the substance is made up of gas, which gives it a cloudy appearance.

Zen Stories To Tell Your Neighbours

Sun, 25 Jun 2006 08:43:20 GMT

clipped by: chloetoo

Clip Source: www.rider.edu

Why tell a Zen story?
Please ReadMe!
Frames Version
Send a Story to a Friend

***

the stories:

Banishing a Ghost
Bell Teacher
Books
Christian Buddha
Chasing Two Rabbits
Cliffhanger
Concentration
Destiny
Dreaming
Egotism
Elephant and Flea
Empty Your Cup
Enlightened
Full Awareness
Gift of Insults
Going with the Flow
Gutei's Finger
Holy Man
I Don't Know
Is That So?
It Will Pass
Just Two Words
Knowing Fish
Learning the Hard Way
Masterpiece
Maybe
The Moon Cannot Be Stolen
More Is Not Enough
Most Important Teaching
Moving Mind
The Nature of Things
Nature's Beauty
No More Questions
Not Dead Yet
Obsessed
Paradise
Practice Makes Perfect
Present Moment
Prosperity
Ritual Cat
Searching for Buddha
Self-Control
Sounds of Silence
Spider
Successor
Surprising the Master
Tea Combat
Tea or Iron
Transient
True Self
Useless Life
Wanting God
When Tired
Without Fear
Working Very Hard

Do you have a good story to contribute?
Do you have a different reaction to a story?
Let me know

|| Incoming Mail and FAQs || Westerners Speak Out on Zen Stories ||

|| About John Suler || About Rider University ||

*What is This Thing Called Self?*

- Kudos -

Tags: zen, zen-buddhism, zen-stories

Native American Code of Ethics

Mon, 17 Sep 2007 04:25:22 GMT

clipped by: Geshizar
clipper's remarks: 20 in all. One of my Favorite, 11. Nature is not FOR us, it is a PART of us. They are part of your worldly family.
An Oldie But Goodie
Good Wisdoms We All Need To Live By, Remember And Honor.
Blessings

Clip Source: www.nativevillage.org

1. Rise with the sun to pray. Pray alone. Pray often. The Great Spirit will listen, if you only speak.

2. Be tolerant of those who are lost on their path. Ignorance, conceit, anger, jealousy and greed stem from a lost soul. Pray that they will find guidance.

3. Search for yourself, by yourself. Do not allow others to make your path for you. It is your road, and yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you.

4. Treat the guests in your home with much consideration. Serve them the best food, give them the best bed and treat them with respect and honor.

5. Do not take what is not yours whether from a person, a community, the wilderness or from a culture. It was not earned nor given. It is not yours.

6. Respect all things that are placed upon this earth - whether it be people or plant.

7. Honor other people's thoughts, wishes and words. Never interrupt another or mock or rudely mimic them. Allow each person the right to personal expression.

Tags: native american, ethics, environment, ghia, philosophy

The Existential Void

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 18:32:33 GMT

clipped by: Mohir

Clip Source: www.ponderabout.com

The Existential Void

Austrian psychiatrist Viktor Frankl (1905-1997) was
the founder of a school of psychotherapy called
Logotherapy

the two key assumptions of Logotherapy are:

1) life has meaning, and 2) finding that meaning
is the primary motivating force in one’s life

lacking this sense of meaning: it is difficult to
cope with the demands and stresses of life;

and eventually one may enter a state Frankl and
his followers have called - existential frustration,
existential vacuum, or the existential void

the existential void is characterized by
directionlessness, paralyzing hopelessness
and a pervading sense of emptiness

do you sometimes sense the existential void?

and if you do, do you wonder about its source -

what’s missing?, what is it you really want?
what would give life meaning?

is it sex, love, family, acknowledgment,
acceptance, purpose, enlightenment, God . . .
or something else?

this question is one of the handful of questions
worth a good, long PonderAbout

Tags: psychology, void, meaning of life

Doomsday - The Mayan Prophesy

Tue, 26 Jun 2007 18:13:34 GMT

clipped by: thisnamecantbetaken
clipper's remarks: December 21st, 2012. I probably won't be home that day, but I'll catch it later on youtube, I reckon. Jokes aside, they say the Mayan (or Atzec) calender is the most accurate ever made. Their doomsday is not so much about the end of time, but of the beginning or dawn of a new age of enlightenment. I think it's worth a gander.

This video explains the Mayan calender pretty well. Part one of three;
The Mayan Calender Unveiled

Clip Source: viewzone.com

There is a common belief that the calendar holds a prophecy that the end of the world will happen in 2012. At the time, I knew very little about the whole topic and when I began doing the research. I like to think I had an open mind. My investigation began with mainstream archaeology and the expert interpretations of the calendar. But it soon took a turn that made my hair literally stand on end. I am now convinced that these prophecies are true.

To understand what is likely to happen to Earth and it's people, you will need to remain calm and try to follow the facts. It's not as simple as some people describe. It requires an understanding of some fairly complicated scientific realities, but I think I can explain them in a way that you will easily understand.

Tags: mayan, calender, future, 2012, cosmos, evolution, prophesy, time, noosphere, quickening, consciousness

20 Fruits and Vegetables With the Most Pesticides, the 20 With the Least

Thu, 14 Jun 2007 07:26:40 GMT

clipped by: Deepti

Clip Source: www.sixwise.com

The 20 Fruits and Veggies With the MOST Pesticides

Peaches

Apples

Sweet Bell Peppers

Celery

Nectarines

Strawberries

Cherries

Pears

Grapes (Imported)

Spinach

Lettuce

Potatoes

Carrots

Green Beans

Hot Peppers

Cucumbers

Raspberries

Plums

Grapes (Domestic)

Oranges

The 20 Fruits and Veggies With the LEAST Amount of Pesticides

Onion

Avocado

Sweet corn (Frozen)

Pineapples

Mango

Asparagus

Sweet peas (Frozen)

Kiwi

Bananas

Cabbage

Broccoli

Papaya

Blueberries

Cauliflower

Winter Squash

Watermelon

Sweet potatoes

Tomatoes

Honeydew melon

Cantaloupe

Tags: fruits, vegetables, health, pesticides, toxic, disease, dangerous

Our oceans are turning into plastic.

Sat, 30 Jun 2007 00:15:30 GMT

clipped by: Newfman

Clip Source: www.bestlifeonline.com

A vast swath of the Pacific, twice the size of Texas, is full of a plastic stew that is entering the food chain. Scientists say these toxins are causing obesity, infertility...and worse.

It happened on August 3, 1997, a lovely day, at least in the beginning: Sunny. Little wind. Water the color of sapphires. Moore and the crew of Alguita, his 50-foot aluminum-hulled catamaran, sliced through the sea.

It began with a line of plastic bags ghosting the surface, followed by an ugly tangle of junk: nets and ropes and bottles, motor-oil jugs and cracked bath toys, a mangled tarp. Tires. A traffic cone. Moore could not believe his eyes. Out here in this desolate place, the water was a stew of plastic crap. It was as though someone had taken the pristine seascape of his youth and swapped it for a landfill.

Tags: science

Plants "Recognize" Their Siblings

Wed, 13 Jun 2007 21:38:10 GMT

clipped by: egsnyder

Clip Source: science.slashdot.org

"Researchers at McMaster University have found that plants get fiercely competitive when forced to share their pot with strangers of the same species, but they're accommodating when potted with their siblings. [...] Though they lack cognition and memory, the study shows plants are capable of complex social behaviours such as altruism towards relatives, says Dudley. Like humans, the most interesting behaviours occur beneath the surface."

Tags: interesting, fun, gardening

The future of Human Evolution

Fri, 22 Jun 2007 15:12:29 GMT

clipped by: wildcat
clipper's remarks: A common misunderstanding of the evolutionary process is to believe that it is possible to continue progress indefinitely. Unfortunately there are real, physical limitations on biological organs

Clip Source: www.bt.com

Understanding Evolution
Homo Sapiens have now reached a position where three significant developments could radically change the evolutionary mechanisms. First, he has learned the fundamental concepts of evolution and thus can start using them, rather than being driven by them. Secondly, he has become able to manipulate his own genome directly, making Lamarckian evolution a possibility; although in this case the inheritance would be of desired, rather than acquired, characteristics. Finally, and most significantly, he has begun to create artificial life systems that may eventually supplant the whole notion of carbon-based life. Homo Sapiens is now able to take control of both the speciation process and the move from carbon to silicon life forms. We believe this change is inevitable.

However, there may be biological limits to Homo Sapiens future progression. Genetic engineering is viewed as a tool to gain robust, long-lived, disease-free, super-athletic bodies

Tags: science, evolution, human, mind, brain, future

A great Buddha quote

Fri, 18 May 2007 03:04:21 GMT

clipped by: spikechan42
clipper's remarks: I like this one.....

Clip Source: ccmpages.googlepages.com

Tags: religion, buddhism

Top 20 Antioxidant Foods

Sun, 10 Jun 2007 06:32:40 GMT

clipped by: Deepti

Clip Source: www.sixwise.com

Top 20 Antioxidant Foods

Looking for foods that pack a powerful antioxidant punch? These foods have the most antioxidants of all, according to a 2004 study in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.

Small red beans (dried)
Wild blueberries
Red Kidney beans
Pinto beans
Blueberries (cultivated)
Cranberries
Artichokes (cooked)
Blackberries
Prunes
Raspberries
Strawberries
Red Delicious apples
Granny Smith apples
Pecans
Sweet cherries
Black plums
Russet potatoes (cooked)
Black beans (dried)
Plums
Gala apples

Tags: food, health, antioxidants

Evolution in Your Brain

Sat, 28 Jul 2007 14:59:35 GMT

clipped by: wildcat
clipper's remarks: Edelman is also chair of neurobiology at Scripps Research Institute in San Diego, California, and founder and director of the Neurosciences Institute, a research center dedicated to unconventional “high risk, high payoff” science

Clip Source: discovermagazine.com

Gerald Edelman says only the fittest neurons survive.

Some of the most profound questions in science are also the least tangible. What does it mean to be sentient? What is the self? When the discussion turns to these imponderables, many minds defer rather than get mired in such muddy issues. Neuroscientist Gerald Edelman dives right in. A physician and cell biologist who won a Nobel Prize for his work on the structure of antibodies, Edelman is now obsessed with the enigma of human

consciousness—except he doesn’t see it as a mystery. In Edelman’s grand theory of the mind, consciousness is a biological phenomenon. The developing brain undergoes its own process, similar to natural selection: Neurons proliferate and form connections in infancy; experience weeds out the useless from the useful, molding the adult brain in sync with its environment.

Tags: science, brain, evolution, neurology, edelman

The end of civilization and the extinction of humanity (Part 1)

Thu, 22 Nov 2007 11:33:23 GMT

clipped by: JICWyllie
clipper's remarks: If we changed our priority to serving the earth and its species, rather than exploiting them, then there would be hope.

Clip Source: www.energybulletin.net

They say the truth will set you free. The truth does not set you free, it just pisses you off. At least, that's my experience.

We have, to the maximum possible extent allowed by our intellect and never-ending desire, consumed the planet and therefore traded in tomorrow for today. And we keep making these choices, every day, choosing dams over salmon, oil over whales, cars over polar bears, death over life.

When you jump off a 100-story building, everything seems fine for a while. In fact, the view just keeps getting more clear as you get closer to the ground. What could possibly go wrong? Well, maybe one thing. It's not the fall that kills you. It's the sudden stop at the bottom.

Despite our apparently brief stay on this most wondrous of planets, it has become clear we will take a large percentage of the planet's biological diversity along with us into the abyss.

Buddha didn't even know about oil

like Socrates, concluded that a life of moderation contributes to a life of excellence.

Tags: environment, humanity, i-cimate change, i-extinction, i-forecast, energy, peak oil, i-consequences