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Encylopedia of Earth

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:58:17 GMT

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Top 10 RSS & Syndication Technologies of 2009

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:10:14 GMT

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The web isn't about pages any more. Now it's about streams, feeds and syndication. As part of our annual Best of Series, below are our picks for the most important RSS and Syndication Technologies of 2009.

You can see last year's list here and most of those remain important services. Only one service makes a repeat appearance this year. It was a very big year for this class of technologies, after a long, sleepy period the Real-Time Web began to cause substantial disruptions over the last 12 months. Check out our list below and let us know if we've missed anything important or who your picks might be for next year.

Mona Lisa

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:30:49 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Portrait of Mona Lisa (1479-1528), also known as La Gioconda, the wife of Francesco del Giocondo; 1503-06 (150 Kb); Oil on wood, 77 x 53 cm (30 x 20 7/8 in); Musee du Louvre, Paris

Clip Source: www.planetsvg.org

Reflecting on the Montreal Massacre

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:26:54 GMT

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Clip Source: exuberanteclectic.com

Twenty years ago yesterday engineering students at the University of Montreal’s Ecole Polytechnique attended the second last day of classes before the Christmas break.

None of them expected that before supper that evening 14 students would be dead, and 13 others wounded, all at the hand of a shooter who shot himself in the head.

It’s significant that all 14 of the students killed were women, as were nine of the wounded.

And in a symbolic way, it’s significant that this post is appearing the day after the anniversary of this bloody gendercidal rampage.

We need to do everything we can to remember that these were not faceless, nameless women who died. We honor them by seeing and remembering their names.

They were:

Geneviève Bergeron

Hélène Colgan

Nathalie Croteau

Barbara Daigneault

Anne-Marie Edward

Maud Haviernick

Barbara Maria Klucznik

Maryse Leclair

Annie St.-Arneault

Michèle Richard

Maryse Laganière

Anne-Marie Lemay

Sonia Pelletier

Annie Turcotte

Storing Wind Power as Ice?

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:05:54 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Air conditioning in the summer consumes the lion’s share of a building’s energy cost. Calmac Booth is manufacturing a hybrid cooling system. This system exploits an ice bank thermal energy storage tank known as IceBank. IceBank makes and stores ice for use in air conditioning systems when the wind is blowing a bit faster or the sun isn’t shining, that is, at night.

Clip Source: www.alternative-energy-news.info

Of the total amount of electricity generated by all sources, about 75% is used by buildings, a major fraction of which is consumed by air conditioners. With the demand of renewable energy increasing with every passing day, inventors are trying to find the best possible means to store the generated energy during the best time, to provide power when the generators aren’t getting the resources they need. It is a natural phenomenon that the wind blows stronger at night than in the day. We don’t need that extra energy during nighttime. We can store this energy and use it during daytime when the load is too much on the grid.

When we utilize alternative sources of energy, how to store the energy poses a big problem. Scientists often create giant sized batteries or compressed air and hydroelectric storage. But now a company, Calmac Booth is thinking of storing extra power in ice!

Hydrogen Fuel

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:25:06 GMT

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Clip Source: www.alternative-energy-news.info

Hydrogen is one of two natural elements that combine to make water. Hydrogen is not an energy source, but an energy carrier because it takes a great deal of energy to extract it from water. It is useful as a compact energy source in fuel cells and batteries. Many companies are working hard to develop technologies that can efficiently exploit the potential of hydrogen energy. This page lists articles about hydrogen fuel as an alternative energy source.

Hydrogen Fuel Forums

Sulfur generated hydrogen

Where can I get a Hydrogen Degree?

HHO Discussion

HHO water for fuel scam?

Fuel cell overheats

HHO Generator Problems

A Ten Page Peek In To Someone Else's Marriage

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:59:09 GMT

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Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

Married (Happily) With Issues

By trying to make their good marriage better, Elizabeth Weil and Daniel Duane tested it.

Elizabeth Weil, a contributing writer, is working on a memoir about marriage improvement called “No Cheating, No Dying.”

Still, Dan was not 100 percent enthusiastic, at least at first. He feared — not mistakenly, it turns out — that marriage is not great terrain for overachievers. He met my ocean analogy with the veiled threat of California ranch-hand wisdom: if you’re going to poke around the bushes, you’d best be prepared to scare out some snakes.

Placing our use of oil into perspective .... visually

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 14:41:32 GMT

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Clip Source: www.edwardburtynsky.com

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In addition to revealing the rarely-seen mechanics of its manufacture, Burtynsky captures the effects of oil on our lives, depicting landscapes altered by its extraction from the earth, and by the cities and suburban sprawl generated around its use. He also addresses the coming "end of oil," as we confront its rising cost and dwindling availability.

Edward Burtynsky: Oil from Corcoran Gallery of Art on Vimeo.

View the work in the in the OIL section of this site.
The Exhibition: http://www.corcoran.org/exhibitions/press_burtynsky

The Book (an excerpt): http://edwardburtynsky.com/Oil_Book_Gallery

All images on this site are © Edward Burtynsky

Italian police seize masterpieces

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:34:09 GMT

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Clip Source: www.cbc.ca

Italian police seize masterpieces worth $150M from milk king

Tax police in Italy have seized a secret stash of masterpieces, said to be worth $150 million US, from the founder of the collapsed dairy conglomerate Parmalat.

Police in the city of Parma, located about 200 kilometres southeast of Milan, showed the results of their investigation to reporters on Saturday at the headquarters of the milk empire of Calisto Tanzi.

Parmalat founder Calisto Tanzi is pictured at his first trial for fraud in November 2008. He was sentenced to 10 years in jail for market-rigging. The 2003 failure of his dairy empire was Europe's biggest bankruptcy at the time.

Among the 19 works unearthed were pieces by the likes of Picasso, Monet, Van Gogh and Modigliani.

Tanzi was sentenced to 10 years behind bars for fraud. His trial on other charges — fraudulent bankruptcy — is underway in Parma.

Introduction to Ancient Greek History

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 13:43:03 GMT

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Clip Source: oyc.yale.edu

Introduction to Ancient Greek History with Professor Donald Kagan

About the Course

This is an introductory course in Greek history tracing the development of Greek civilization as manifested in political, intellectual, and creative achievements from the Bronze Age to the end of the classical period. Students read original sources in translation as well as the works of modern scholars. view class sessions >>

Course Contents: Introduction to Ancient Greek History; Syllabus; Class sessions; Downloads; Survey

Propagating Sweet Potato Vines

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:15:26 GMT

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Clip Source: www.simplegiftsfarm.com

Not Grown From Seed

To begin with, sweet potato vines are not grown from seed but rather from cuttings or rooting up sections the tuber. So in order for you to have your own - buy the varieties you like right now. Grow them on this summer and plan on overwintering them.

Tip Cuttings Are Best

Home gardeners are going to have best luck with taking tip cuttings and rooting these following the directions for tip cuttings on the websites.

Or, some gardeners have success by taking an 8-12 inch long section of a side-shoot (a growing vine off the main stem) and rooting this up in a glass of water. This is going to be a variable success rate but hey, it's really easy to try.

Tags: gardening, propagating, sweet potatoes

A rather handy application

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:12:49 GMT

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clipper's remarks: A quick way to start one's research

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Tags: reference, research

Eating Animals

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:28:48 GMT

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Clip Source: contemporarylit.about.com

I knew going into this that I wasn't going to emerge with my devil-may-care diet intact. Eating Animals is not the book to read should you wish to continue actually eating animals. That said, Jonathan Safran Foer (Everything is Illuminated, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close) is not out to make vegetarians of us all. It's not meat-eating he skewers within the pages of Eating Animals. It's factory farming.

Eating Animals is extremely compelling, incorporating as it does elements of personal memoir, history, science, and philosophy. Never once did I get the sense that the author was wagging his finger at the thoughtlessness of my eating habits, and throughout I was captivated by Foer's creative story-telling. A big part of the book's appeal is the inquisitiveness with which he engages his topic and the lengths to which he's willing to go in uncovering the nature of factory farming in America.

Tags: ethics, food-for-thought, sustainability

Have you read my blog?

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 11:53:01 GMT

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Clip Source: www.bigmattress.com

ouch babe

Tags: babe, ouch, radio

DailyLit Announces Move to All Free

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:39:16 GMT

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DailyLit Announces Move to All Free

We are thrilled to announce that DailyLit is now 100% free. Starting now, any book, story or series featured on DailyLit is being made available for free.

DailyLit has always been about responding to our readers – any feature we’ve launched or change we’ve made has been in response to readers’ requests. We’re now listening to our readers once again, and it’s clear that they most appreciate the wonderful books, stories and installments available for free.

DailyLit depends on the support of sponsors to continue to offer high quality books and stories for free. We’re thankful for such sponsors as HarperStudio and Random House as well as Diane Von Furstenberg (who’s giving the gift of her favorite book, free through January). If you’re interested in our sponsorship program, please contact me at: susan[at]dailylit[dot]com.

Tags: books, dailylit, free, literature

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Placing our use of oil into perspective .... visually

Italian police seize masterpieces

Italian police seize masterpieces worth $150M from milk king

Introduction to Ancient Greek History

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Not Grown From Seed

Tip Cuttings Are Best

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Have you read my blog?

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DailyLit Announces Move to All Free