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Sun, 08 Apr 2007 01:22:03 GMT

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30 Google Apps You’ve Never Heard Of

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:40:55 GMT

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clipper's remarks: On the other hand, there are quite a few apps I have heard of! Still, this list is a highly useful one!
To learn more on this, visit the site pl. Couldn't clip it all...

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By Laura Milligan

Whenever Google officially decides to take over the world, we will already be well-acquainted with their unending sets of online tools and applications and overall knack for simplifying our lives. If, for some reason, you’re still unaware of how the Google enterprise is revolutionizing the way even non-techies gather information and play on the Web, read below for 30 of the best Google applications that you need to try.

1. Android:

2. Google Scholar:

3. Google Search on China Mobile:

4. Google Answers:

5. Google OneBox:

6. Writely:

7. SketchUp

8. Google Desktop 4:

9. Picasa Web Albums:

10. IMAP for Gmail:

11. Shared Address Book:

12. New Google Talk:

13. Public Calendar Gallery:

14. New Google Docs:

15. Gmail mobile application for BlackBerry® smartphones:

16. Google Apps Premier Edition:

17. Mail Migration Tools

18. Domain Registration:

19. Google Reader

20. AdWords Editor:

21. Google Mobilizer

22. Click-to-Call

23. Page Creator:

24. Gears:

25. Ride Finder:

26. Transit

Mystery of the 'couple' buried arm in arm 1,000 years ago

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 05:25:07 GMT

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Clip Source: www.dailymail.co.uk

Mystery of the 'couple' buried arm in arm 1,000 years ago: Not husband and wife but Saxon warriors

For a thousand years they have lain side by side in a rough earth grave, one throwing a skeletal arm across the other.

Believed to be Saxon warriors, they are thought to have died together and been buried together as brothers in arms.

Their return to the limelight after so many centuries comes as archaeologists work on a 90-acre site near Ramsgate in Kent before it is developed into a salad-growing complex.

At first they were taken to be a man and wife, buried some time during the Saxon period between 410 and 1066, but now that opinion has changed.

'The body on the right is definitely male.

'They are exceptionally tall, both over six feet. The one on the left has got some female traits to it but it does seem to be male.

Another poignant grave is from the Roman era and is that of a young girl - thought to be in her early teens - who died in childbirth.

Tags: saxons, skeletons, kent, uk, mystery

Fleetwood Mac - Oh Well

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:25:36 GMT

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fleetwood mac oh well

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Tags: fleetwood mac, oh well, video

Alice Cooper - Welcome to my Nightmare

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 07:51:46 GMT

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Alice Cooper - Welcome to my Nightmare

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Tags: alice cooper, - welcome to my nightmare, video, my favs

Kites could provide electricity for 100,000 homes

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 22:53:25 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Several other scientists are investigating the use of kites to harness energy from the wind - which some researchers estimate provides more than 100 times the amount required to power the entire planet. In 2007, Google´s philanthropic arm invested about $10 million in a US kite company called Makani. An Italian company called Kitegen has a multi-kite scheme that could generate a gigawatt of power, as much as a standard coal plant.

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High-flying kites tethered to generators could supply as much as 100 megawatts of electricity, enough to power 100,000 homes, according to researchers from the Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands.

The scientists have recently demonstrated that flying a single 10-square-meter kite could produce 10 kilowatts of power, which could supply electricity for about 10 homes.

In their next experiment, the researchers plan to test a 50-kilowatt version, called Laddermill. Eventually, their goal is to build a multi-kite system that could generate a full 100 megawatts.

Electricity produced by kites in the wind could be inexpensive, too. The researchers predict prices to be comparable with generating electricity using coal power, and half that of using wind turbines.

kites generate power by pulling on their strings that are attached to generators on the ground. After reaching their maximum height, the kites are reeled back down to repeat the process.

Tags: energy, clean energy, wind, kites

When the ground UNDER the ground is burning...

Sat, 09 Aug 2008 10:15:31 GMT

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Clip Source: www.venturacountystar.com

One theory behind the latest hot spot is that oil, gas or some other hydrocarbon deep in the soil caught fire and is burning.

It's being called a natural anomaly, a geological whodunit, a scientific puzzler. And it's the second time that scientists have been scratching their heads over the fact the earth under Ventura County is burning.

High atop a steep grass-covered mountain overlooking the Little Sespe Canyon near Fillmore, the earth is on fire.

Wisps of smoke rise from a brown patch of grass that looks like it was toasted under an oven's broiler. Deep down, under the dirt, rocks and grass, something is smoldering and burning, sending smoke through cracks in the parched soil.

Such fires aren't uncommon in areas where there is a high concentration of gas or oil underground, he said.

King stuck a thermometer 14 inches into the ground and got a reading of 550 degrees. One time, the ground was so hot, the glue holding the sole of his boots melted. Grass can burn at 300 degrees.

Pandas of the earthquake.

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:04:42 GMT

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clipper's remarks: These guys are seriously cute.

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Trees

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 02:22:47 GMT

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Clip Source: www.forestryimages.org

Trees

Conifers

Hardwoods

Mixed Species

longleaf pine
Photo by David Moorhead, UGA

Ernest Hemingway’s Top 9 Words of Wisdom

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:53:55 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Hemingway was an amazing man - a rare talent. Sometimes happy, sometimes morose but always entertaining We may never know what made him decide to take his own life (outside of despondency), but we can learn from the ultimate "tough man.'
Hemingway's Cabana is still preserved as it was in Cubs. He was a personal favorite of Fidel Castro and a cultural icon to the people of Cuba.

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Ernest Hemingway’s Top 9 Words of Wisdom

“The world is a fine place and worth the fighting for and I hate very much to leave it.”

1. Listen

“I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.”

2. Take the first step.

“The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.”

3. Keep your eyes on where you are going.

“Never mistake motion for action.”

4. Just do.

“The shortest answer is doing the thing.”

5. Do. Fail. Learn. Do.

“The first draft of anything is shit”

6. Find strength through your tough times.

“The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.”

7. Don’t get hung up on the small things in life.

“The man who has begun to live more seriously within begins to live more simply without.”

8. Don’t let your imagination hold you back

“Cowardice … is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend the functioning of the imagination.”

9. Don’t judge

“The writer’s job is not to judge, but to seek to understand.”

Tags: advice, wisdom, top, list, hemingway, writer

Words of Wisdom from Kids

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:15:25 GMT

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1. Never trust a dog to watch your food. Patrick 10

2. When your dad is mad and asks you "Do I look stupid?", don't answer him.
Micheal 14

3. Never tell your mom her diet isn't working. John 13

4. Stay away from prunes. Randy 9

5. Never pee on an electric fence. Robert 13

6. Don't pull dad's finger when he tells you to. Emily 10

7. Don't squat with your spurs on. Billy 9

8. When your mom is mad at your dad, don't let her brush your hair. Melissa 11

9. Never allow your 3-year-old brother in the same room as your assignment. Ann 14

10. Don't sneeze in front of mom when you're eating crackers. Mitchell 12

11. Puppies still have bad breath even after eating a Tic-Tac.
Andrew 9

12. Never hold a dust buster and a cat at the same time.
Ramona 9

13. You can't hide a piece of broccoli in a glass of milk.
Joey 10

15. If you want a kitten, start out by asking for a horse.
Jill 14

19. Never try to baptize a cat. Eileen 8

20. I know God knows when you are bad, but it's your parents you have to watch out for.Sam 9

Huge hidden biomass lives deep beneath the oceans

Sun, 25 May 2008 18:02:34 GMT

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clipper's remarks: They found simple organisms known as prokaryotes in every sample. Prokaryotes are organisms that often have just one cell. Their peculiarity is that, unlike any other form of life, their DNA is not neatly packed into a nucleus.

Clip Source: environment.newscientist.com

It's the basement apartment like no other. Life has been found 1.6 kilometres beneath the sea floor, at temperatures reaching 100 °C.

The discovery marks the deepest living cells ever to be found beneath the sea floor. Bacteria have been found deeper underneath the continents, but there they are rare. In comparison, the rocks beneath the sea appear to be teeming with life.

John Parkes, a geobiologist at the University of Cardiff, UK, hopes his team's discovery might one day help find life on other planets. He says it might even redefine what we understand as life, and, bizarrely, what we understand by "age".

Parkes has been hunting for deep life for over 20 years. Recently, he and his colleagues examined samples of a mud core extracted from between 860 metres and 1626 metres beneath the sea floor off the coast of Newfoundland.

Tags: life, sea, ocean

The Top 17 Ways to Tell Someone Their Fly Is Unzipped

Sat, 29 Sep 2007 12:19:28 GMT

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Clip Source: www.topfive.com

You've got Windows on your laptop.

Sailor Ned's trying to take a little shore leave.

Your dork is ajar.

Quasimodo needs to go back in the tower and tend to his bells.

I can see your Gap dancers.

Paging Mr. Johnson... Paging Mr. Johnson...

Your pod bay door is open, Hal.

Elvis Junior has left the building!

Mini Me is making a break for the escape pod.

Ensign Hanes is reporting a hull breach on the lower deck, sir.

Captain, sensors detect a wormhole in the forward quadrant!

Lil' Shaq's at the free show line.

You've got your fly set for "Monica" instead of "Hillary."

Your closet door is open and Donato's peeking out.

You've got a security breach at Los Pantalones.

I see you have an opening in senior management.

and the Number 1 Way to Tell Someone Their Fly Is Unzipped...

Our next guest is someone who needs no introduction.

Tags: humor

The Cloud Appreciation Society Gallery

Fri, 09 May 2008 00:53:20 GMT

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Clip Source: www.cloudappreciationsociety.org

'Smoke' from the chimneys over London. U.K.

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Lenticular over Manzanares, Spain.

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Midnight sun in Hammerfest, Norway.

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Spotted over San Jose, California. U.S. (Two images of same effect stitched together for reference purposes)

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Illuminated and mist filled Moray Firth, viewed towards Inverness, Scotland.

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Searchlight over Onondaga Lake, Central New York State, U.S.

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Cloud Star, from the North of Italy.

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Looking out to the N.E. from Scarborough North Bay, North Yorkshire, U.K.

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Afternoon sky with the moon, taken in Castagneto Carducci, Tuskany, Italy.

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Solstice Sunset, Perth, Western Australia.

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Sunset sky, Tucson, Arizona. U.S.

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Eye in the sky..... Ever had the feeling you're being watched?. spotted over the River Humber, East Yorkshire. U.K.

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Point Reyes, California. U.S.

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Colourful mix from Rotorua, New Zealand, taken from the grounds of the Rotorua Museum.

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Storm and Bow, Devizes, Wiltshire. UK..

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Fingers of cloud steal over the top of Mount Rainier, Washington. U.S.

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Fallstreak at sunset, from Jay, Florida. U.S.

Tags: photography, clouds, weather, beauty

Volcanic Hair

Sat, 03 May 2008 02:47:46 GMT

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Clip Source: www.dkimages.com

Pele's Hair, hair-like fibres of Basalt Glass occasionally enclosing minute Olivine Crystals'

Clip Source: volcanoes.usgs.gov

Hundreds of strands of Pele's hair intertwined on the surface of a pahoehoe flow at Kilauea Volcano, Hawai`i. The glass strands were erupted from Mauna Ulu, a shield that formed on the east rift of Kilauea between 1969 and 1974.

Pele's hair
Thin strands of volcanic glass drawn out from molten lava have long been called Pele's hair, named for Pele, the Hawaiian goddess of volcanoes. A single strand, with a diameter of less than 0.5 mm, may be as long as 2 m. The strands are formed by the stretching or blowing-out of molten basaltic glass from lava, usually from lava fountains, lava cascades, and vigorous lava flows (for example, as pahoehoe lava plunges over a small cliff and at the front of an `a`a flow). Pele's hair is often carried high into the air during fountaining, and wind can blow the glass threads several tens of kilometers from a vent.

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A microscopic view of Pele's Hair

Tags: volcanoes