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Little Lifesavers: Kids Capable of CPR

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 05:58:21 GMT

clipped by: Marcariel
clipper's remarks: With the number of drownings here in Florida each year, and in the light of this study, this seems like a really important skill that should be taught to all children!

Clip Source: www.happynews.com

Nine-year-olds can and should learn CPR. A study of 147 schoolchildren, published in BioMed Central's open access journal Critical Care, has shown that, although the smallest may lack the requisite strength, the knowledge of how to perform basic life support is well retained by young children.

researchers who studied children who had received six hours of life support training. Upon examination four months after the training, 86% performed CPR correctly. Sterz said, "The usefulness of CPR training in schools has been questioned since young students may not have the physical and cognitive skills needed to perform such complex tasks correctly. We found that, in fact, students as young as 9 years are able to successfully and effectively learn basic life support skills.

the data support the concept that CPR training can be taught and learnt by school children and that CPR education can be implemented effectively in primary schools at all levels.

Tags: children, cpr, life support, lifesavers, training

Ancient Maya Practiced Forest Conservation

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 05:46:16 GMT

clipped by: Marcariel
clipper's remarks:
It's good to know that even the ancients were aware of the benefits of conservation, and that history proves that failure to continue those practices contributed to their downfall.

Clip Source: www.happynews.com

paleoethnobotanist David Lentz of the University of Cincinnati has concluded that not only did the Maya people practice forest management, but when they abandoned their forest conservation practices it was to the detriment of the entire Maya culture.

“From our research we have learned that the Maya were deliberately conserving forest resources,” says David Lentz, a professor of biological sciences at the University of Cincinnati and executive director of the Cincinnati Center for Field Studies. “Their deliberate conservation practices can be observed in the wood they used for construction and this observation is reinforced by the pollen record.”

Tags: conservation, forests, maya, resources

The Information & Technology Singularity

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 05:38:32 GMT

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clipper's remarks: I saw this author interviewed. There is so much information and technology, doubling exponentially at an increasingly faster rate, that in the very near future we will be unable to handle or keep up with it without AI.

The author says it best: "To express this another way, we won’t experience one hundred years of technological advance in the 21st century; we will witness on the order of 20,000 years of progress (again, when measured by the rate of progress in 2000), or about 1,000 times greater than what was achieved in the 20th century."

Clip Source: singularity.com

Within a quarter century, nonbiological intelligence will match the range and subtlety of human intelligence.

There are hundreds of applications of “narrow AI” (machine intelligence that equals or exceeds human intelligence for specific tasks) now permeating our modern infrastructure. Every time you send an email or make a cell phone call, intelligent algorithms route the information. AI programs diagnose electrocardiograms with an accuracy rivaling doctors, evaluate medical images, fly and land airplanes, guide intelligent autonomous weapons, make automated investment decisions for over a trillion dollars of funds, and guide industrial processes. These were all research projects a couple of decades ago.

we’re doubling the power of information technologies, as measured by price-performance, bandwidth, capacity and many other types of measures, about every year. That’s a factor of a thousand in ten years, a million in twenty years, and a billion in thirty years.

Tags: ai, information, nonbiological intelligence, singularity, technology

A “celebration of guns” at a Kentucky church

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:52:11 GMT

clipped by: Marcariel
clipper's remarks: I can hardly find a good comment. Disturbing. My 2nd husband was pro-guns. Army Vet. Killed himself with his hunting rifle.

Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

God, Firearms and America Come Together at a Church in Kentucky

“But for a deep-seated belief in God and firearms, this country would not be here today,” Mr. Pagano declared from the church’s pulpit.

“You have become my parishioners,” he said. “I pray that the Lord will bless you and keep you.”

“I am glad to be among American patriots,” Mr. Hawkins said. “Thank God for you all being here and standing up for your rights.”

Many in the audience said they were not members of the church. But they seemed united in their belief that their rights as gun owners were under threat and they had to prepare for the day when their firearms might be confiscated.

“There’s a time coming when we may need to protect ourselves from bad things in the world,” she said. “We’ve been hearing the rumors about restricting ammunition so that it all expires, so people won’t have the right to protect themselves.”

“I think everybody should carry a gun.”

Tags: church, firearms, guns, kentucky, rights, weapons

YouTube Search Gets the Wonder Wheel

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:39:26 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Is this just a new gimmick? Will it last? Several complaints say it takes up too much space on the page. Cross referencing and comparing is good ... is there a better way?

Clip Source: www.techcrunch.com

YouTube search now has its own Wonder Wheel. The Wonder Wheel is a visual navigation tool which Google first rolled out on its main search page a month ago when it added some new search options to filter results in different ways.

If you do a search on YouTube, which on its own would be the second largest search engine in the world, you will see a new option under the search box on the right called Wonder Wheel. If you click on that, your search term appears in a circle with lines branching out to related tags. Anytime you click on a related tag around the wheel, it creates a new wheel attached to the original with its own set of related searches.

YouTube has also added some new features to its advanced search option, including the ability to search by video duration, location, and when it was uploaded. You can also search by category, keyword, video type, and for HD videos only, but those aren’t new.

Tags: features, keyword, search, wonder wheel, youtube

Pirate Party wins seat at EU Parliament

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:41:20 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Pirates want privacy!

Clip Source: newslite.tv

A political party which is made up of pirates is to set sail for Brussels after winning a seat at the EU Parliament.

But fans of swashbuckling sea-goers could be sorely disappointed, the party is focused on the reformation of copyright law.

The Pirate Party (PiratPartiet) was set up in Sweden in 2006 to compete in domestic and European elections and yesterday gained 7.1 percent of the vote in EU elections winning them a seat in the European Parliament.

From there they will continue to fight for the abolition of the patent system and to strengthen the rights to privacy online.

A spokesperson for the party said: "The Pirate Party wants to fundamentally reform copyright law, get rid of the patent system, and ensure that citizens' rights to privacy are respected.

Tags: europe, parliament, pirate, privacy

Extreme Lunch Makeover - Energy Conservation Winner

Tue, 26 May 2009 04:24:02 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The ingenuity of a fourth-grader thinking about waste and the impact on our landfills, leads to winning a national contest.

Clip Source: www.firstcoastnews.com

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, FL -- A fourth-grader here on the First Coast gave her lunch an extreme makeover and is now the winner of a national energy conservation challenge.

Olivia Horne was curious how much trash the average child generated and began to investigate.

It led to a class assignment, Olivia called it "Extreme Lunch Makeover." She focused on how much trash is wasted in one lunch bag.

Olivia's solution is simple, stop wasting plastic's and start using reusable bags, containers and water bottles.

"Hopefully, it is going to reduce the amount of plastic bottles and bags in our land fills," Olivia said.

Olivia's idea apparently won over more than just friends and family. Olivia beat out over 1,400 other students in a national energy conservation contest.

Tags: conservation, contest, landfills, plastics, reusable, waste

Lost & Found - Furniture from Recycled Items

Thu, 21 May 2009 16:23:36 GMT

clipped by: Marcariel
clipper's remarks:
Interesting site. Photos of chairs made from CDs and bicycle rims - Lamps made from old jewelry and found items - a wall hanging made from old gloves. Ingenious!

Clip Source: www.flipgloss.com

From crushed cans to plastic shopping bags, deflated balloons and bike tires. We present a slew of resurrected wonders transformed from debris into fabulous furniture, home décor and fine jewelry.

Clip Source: www.flipgloss.com

From trash to treasure. Sustainable furniture and fashion

Tags: found items, furniture, recycled, sustainable

66 Year Old to Become Britian's Oldest Mum

Sun, 17 May 2009 22:10:35 GMT

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clipper's remarks: I had my last child (2nd marriage, mid-life baby) at age 40. I can comment with authority on this one. I agree with the professor in the article ... "I am shocked by the idea of a 66-year-old woman giving birth."

Clip Source: www.dailymail.co.uk

The woman who is to become Britain’s oldest mother at the age of 66 is ‘almost alone in the world’, a friend claimed yesterday.

Elizabeth Adeney is eight months pregnant after controversially receiving IVF treatment.

Yesterday, Professor Severino Antinori, the man considered to be one of the fiercest advocates of a woman’s right to have a baby at any age, said Mrs Adeney was too old to have a baby.

He said: 'I am shocked by the idea of a 66-year-old woman giving birth.

She has a £400,000 home in Newmarket but also owns a flat in a retirement block in Cape Town

Tags: britian, elderly, oldest mother, pregnancy

KFC Chicken Riots '09 - No Free Lunch?

Mon, 11 May 2009 18:38:32 GMT

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clipper's remarks: I received an email from my sone with the link to print this coupon. This new info is a good thing to know if you are holding one of these coupons, like I am. I Want My KFC!

Clip Source: newslite.tv

When KFC promised viewers of Oprah Winfrey free chicken, some fans thought it was too good to be true.

And they were right, within hours there were queues outside the stores and KFC began to run out of their newly launched grilled chicken meals.

KFC bosses say as a result they are currently unable to honor the freebie vouchers which viewers were able to download from Oprah.com

They are asking coupon holders to provide their details and will then mail new vouchers out in stages, hopefully this will calm what some are calling the Chicken Riots of '09.

Tags: chicken, coupon, free meal, kfc, oprah

Darth Vader's Line One of Most Misquoted

Mon, 11 May 2009 18:20:34 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Movie quotes become part of everyone's vocabulary. I remember the famous lines from many movies. Some of those immortal lines are actually very often misquoted.

Clip Source: newslite.tv

Darth Vader telling Luke Skywalker "Luke, I am your father" is a line most movie fans will never forget ... or it would be, if it had ever been said.

The line, from The Empire Strikes Back, was never actually said and is the most misquoted line in movie history.

Real fans will of course know that it was "No, I am your father" delivered by David Prowse in the jaw-drop moment that has been eternally misquoted since its release in 1980.

Clint Eastwood’s most quoted one-liner "Do you feel lucky, punk?" got third place with real fans knowing it was "Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya punk?"

A spokesperson for Lovefilm.com who commissioned the poll said: “Iconic film lines are part of everyone’s vocabulary these days, but it’s interesting how years of quoting have had a Chinese whisper effect on accuracy.

Tags: bogart, clint eastwood, darth vader, famous lines, movies

Leonardo Unbound - The Codex Atlanticus

Sun, 10 May 2009 18:55:59 GMT

clipped by: Marcariel
clipper's remarks:
This is a monumental task that will save daVinci's historic writings and drawings for posterity. Bravo!

Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

MILAN — In a windowless room in the underbelly of the Ambrosiana Library here, a group of restorers, most of them Benedictine nuns from the Abbey of Viboldone, has been working for months to unglue the pages of the Codex Atlanticus, the largest-known collection of drawings and writings by Leonardo da Vinci.

They have been unbinding the Codex since March to preserve better the works in Leonardo’s hand. But splitting up the manuscripts — which were compiled and bound into book form 400 years ago by the sculptor Pompeo Leoni — also means that more pages can be exhibited to the public, making it a potential moneymaker for the Ambrosiana Library, which has owned the Codex since 1637.

Codex’s new form will also give scholars easier access to Leonardo’s musings and sketches, which have been considered as the conceptual precursors to an array of modern-day contraptions, from flying machines to the machine gun to the car.

Tags: benedictine, codex atlanticus, da vinci, drawings, leonardo

Google Hires Goats to Mow the Grass

Tue, 05 May 2009 23:04:11 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The White House and Central Park have employed goats to mow the grass ... why not Google! Great eco-friendly way to do the job. Costs the same as Gasoline lawnmowers, but no carbon emissions. Kudos Google!

Clip Source: newslite.tv

Google bosses have employed a 200-strong herd of goats to help them keep their headquarters tidy.

The goats have been brought in to the search company's Mountain View base in California to clear weeds and mow grass.

"Instead of using noisy mowers that run on gasoline and pollute the air, we've rented some goats to do the job for us.

"It costs us about the same as mowing, and goats are a lot cuter to watch than lawn mowers."

Tags: goats, google, mowing

Dom DeLuise - Dead at Age 75

Tue, 05 May 2009 21:10:56 GMT

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clipper's remarks:
I remember him from Canonball Run. Crazy, funny comedian. Real "old school" humor.

Clip Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

LOS ANGELES - Dom DeLuise, the portly actor-comedian whose affable nature made him a popular character actor for decades with movie and TV audiences as well as directors and fellow actors, has died. He was 75.

Dom DeLuise, center, starred with Burt Reynolds, left, and Jack Elam in "The Cannonball Run." DeLuise and Reynolds made many films together.

DeLuise died Monday night, Michael DeLuise told radio station KNX on Tuesday. The comedian died in his sleep after a long illness. Calls to Dom Deluise’s agent and his son were not immediately returned Tuesday.

Tags: actor, comedian, cook, dom deleluise

House for $1 - Catch? You have to Move it!

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:12:28 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The deal is you pay $1 for the 2500 sq foot house ... and then pay $25,000 or more to move it to your property. Not so much of a deal anymore, except to someone with property close by!

Clip Source: www.washingtonpost.com

Want an amazing deal? How about a sprawling, two-story farmhouse in Leesburg for $1?

The catch: The land underneath is not for sale, and the buyer will have to pay to have the house carted away.

Whoever buys and moves it will need to get permission from the town, the county and possibly the Virginia Department of Transportation

the cost would vary depending on how far the house had to go and how many utility lines it had to cross. But just to move it a few feet down the road, an operation that would involve lifting it off its foundation and attaching it to a tractor-trailer, would cost a minimum of $25,000

Tags: house, move, deal, leesburg