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Worst places to live in Great Britain

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 02:45:13 GMT

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Worst places to live 2007

Noisy neighbours, Asbo kids roaming the town centre at night, drugs, shootings and binge drinkers throwing up on the streets –

Channel 4’s Location, Location, Location property show has compiled the list of the UK’s least desirable towns.

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1. Middlesbrough

High crime levels and drug use coupled with poor health and education standards

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2. Hull

Hull, former deputy prime minister John Prescott’s constituency, has been rated the most obese, stupidest and most snoring town in England

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3. Newham - east London

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4. Nottingham - East Midlands

the historic home of Robin Hood

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5. Merthyr Tydfil - south Wales

Once one of the iron-working capitals of the world

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6. North East Lincolnshire - eastern England

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7. Islington - north London

The third cheapest square on a British Monopoly board

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8. Blaenau Gwent - south Wales

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9. Mansfield - East Midlands

DH Lawrence described Mansfeild as “that once romantic now utterly disheartening colliery town” in Lady Chatterley’s Lover

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10. Knowsley - Merseyside

What is the power of things we hold dear?

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 02:15:47 GMT

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clipper's remarks: "In the interest of enriching these connections, Turkle pairs each autobiographical essay with a text from philosophy, history, literature, or theory, creating juxtapositions at once playful and profound."

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Evocative Objects

Things We Think With

For Sherry Turkle, "We think with the objects we love; we love the objects we think with." In Evocative Objects, Turkle collects writings by scientists, humanists, artists, and designers that trace the power of everyday things. These essays reveal objects as emotional and intellectual companions that anchor memory, sustain relationships, and provoke new ideas.

This volume's special contribution is its focus on everyday riches: the simplest of objects--an apple, a datebook, a laptop computer--are shown to bring philosophy down to earth. The poet contends, "No ideas but in things." The notion of evocative objects goes further: objects carry both ideas and passions. In our relations to things, thought and feeling are inseparable.

Selling snow to the Swiss

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 01:56:44 GMT

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An Israeli company has managed to sell a locally made snow machine to Switzerland, a country whose middle names are winter and ski.

After last year's snow fall was delayed, and the ski slopes went without snow for most of the season, the Swiss began to worry about their successful tourist business.

Swiss media outlets reported that due to the severity of the problem, scientists were called in and were now looking into what is being described as a groundbreaking solution: A system that would allow the snow to last even into the hot summer months.

In a month's time, an Israeli made snow cannon will be put into use in

Zermatt

ski resort, and unlike regular snow cannons, this one works even if the temperatures are way above zero.

The Israeli snow cannon, named "IDE Snowmaker", was originally created for the purposes of desalinization of salt water.

The cost of this 30-ton, 11-meter (36-feet) machine is about NIS 7 million ($1.9 million).

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Sailing to Byzantium

Sat, 09 Aug 2008 08:34:36 GMT

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An aged man is but a paltry thing,
A tattered coat upon a stick, unless
Soul clap its hands and sing, and louder sing
For every tatter in its mortal dress,
Nor is there singing school but studying
Monuments of its own magnificence;
And therefore I have sailed the seas and come
To the holy city of Byzantium.

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Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.

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O sages standing in God's holy fire
As in the gold mosaic of a wall
Come from the holy fire, perne in a gyre
And be the singing-masters of my soul.
Consume my heart away; sick with desire
And fastened to a dying animal
It knows not what it is; and gather me
Into the artifice of eternity.

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Natural Fashion

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:56:17 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The art of the people of the Omo Valley

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"This unique art (shot by Hans Silvester) of the African Surma and Mursi tribes of the Omo Valley. These nomadic people have no architecture or crafts with which to express their innate artistic sense. Instead, they use their bodies as canvases and adorning themselves with materials obtained from their surroundings such as flowers, leaves, grasses, berries and branches which seems endlessly inventive, and above all, fun"

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Hans Silvester
biographie

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Natural Fashion: Tribal Decoration from Africa (Hardcover)

by Hans Silvester (Author)

£12.97 & eligible for Free UK delivery on orders over £15 with Super Saver Delivery. See details and conditions

Snag Films -The Documentary Widget

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:05:16 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Many of the most prominent documentary filmmakers are participating not only by having their films distributed via SnagFilms, but by engaging with their audience through blogs and offering special “bonus” material, as well as suggesting nonprofit organizations that viewers motivated by these films can link to and support via charitable contributions, volunteering or spreading the word.

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Snag Films lanuches in beta today with 250 films available for immediate streamed playback, requiring no software downloads. Snag's founders hope that it will spawn millions of virtual movie theaters streaming documentaries. Independent documentary films are experiencing a creative boom, yet theatrical distribution channels have gone bust, Snag may solve the bottleneck in distribution for quality documentaries that has left many great films unable to reach their potential audience or to provide a viable financial return. It also offers established media companies with deep libraries a way of getting “long-tail” documentaries out of the vaults and before a worldwide, on-demand audience.

The new service features award-winning titles from some of the greatest names in documentary film production and distribution, including PBS, National Geographic, United Nations, Sundance Preserve, IndiePix, Peter Jennings Productions, Arts Alliance America, ITVS, Koch Lorber Films, and many others.

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candle4tibet

Sat, 02 Aug 2008 17:30:00 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The world's greatest LIGHT PROTEST will take place on August 7th 2008 - one day before the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. At least 100 million people from all over the world will light a candle and say YES for freedom in Tibet!

The Campaign started on facebook from the desktop of David Califa, 52, a retired private individual with an investment banking background, from Ramat Hasharon, Israel. Mr. Califa has been financing it with his own private funds. "Candle for Tibet" has quickly developed into a global movement which operates from a multilingual (25 languages, all translated by volunteers) web site with its own social network alongside.

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Join the Greatest Light Protest on Earth

CANDLE FOR TIBET

Only

4 Days 22 Hours 36 Minutes

are Left to the GREATEST LIGHT PROTEST ON EARTH

FREEDOM IS NOT JUST ANOTHER WORD
TAKE PART IN SOMETHING HUGE FOR IT

Light a Candle for Tibet at Your Home, With Friends or in Public.

Watch Skyscrapers and Mountain Tops Flare with Red Smoke
Join Other Special Light Actions All Over The World
Drive Your Car With Lights On for 24 Hours
Light Up Any Source of Light for Tibet

Unite with more than 100,000,000 people in
THE GREATEST LIGHT PROTEST ON EARTH

H.H. the Dalai Lama Offers His Blessing to
Candle for Tibet

Tibetan diva, Yungchen Lhamo, has joined "Candle for Tibet" campaign for freedom.

She will lead our campaign with her divine voice, music and spirit.

Happiness Is... by Yungchen Lhamo

[Video]

Make a VIDEO! We Might Feature It Here!

Now The
WORLD'S GREATEST LIGHT PROTEST
Get's Even Greater
With
Sad Smoky Mountains & Skyscrapers
And Other Light Actions

United,
Nothing Can Stop
Our Light
from Shining

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Who Discovered The Clitoris?

Sun, 09 Dec 2007 00:09:44 GMT

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The clitoris was "discovered" (at least by males) and documented for the first time by Matteo Realdo Colombo: a lecturer in surgery at the University of Padua, Italy.

In 1559 he published a book called De re anatomica in which he described the "seat of woman's delight." He concluded, "since no one has discerned these projections and their workings, if it is permissible to give names to things discovered by me, it should be called the love or sweetness of Venus."

However others made claims to have discovered it. Gabriel Fallopius - Columbus' successor at Padua - disputed the assertion that Columbus discovered claiming credit for himself.

There are also several claims that knowledge of the clitoris was widely known well before either man's 'discovery'. But Colombo's remains the earliest physical documentation of the bud that would one day become a phenomenom leading to the sexual revolution.

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Free Online Courses from Great Universities

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:04:48 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Goody

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Free Online Courses from Great Universities

Humanities & Social Sciences

Archaeology

Introduction to Archaeology - Feed - MP3s - Ruth Tringham, UC Berkeley

Architecture

Architecture Studio: Building in Landscapes (Video) - iTunes - Jan Wampler, MIT

Economics

Economic Geography of the Industrial World - Feed - MP3s - Richard Walker, UC Berkeley.

Geography

Geography of World Cultures - iTunes - Martin Lewis, Stanford University

History

African-American History: Modern Freedom Struggle - YouTube - Clay Carson, Stanford

Literature

Shakespeare - iTunes - Feed - MP3s - Charles Altieri, UC Berkeley

Philosophy

Introduction to Logic - iTunes - Feed - Patricia Churchland, UCSD

Sciences

Computer Science

Operating Systems Principles - iTunes - Surendar Chandra, Notre Dame

Operating Systems and System Programming - iTunes - Feed - Multiple professors, UC Berkeley

The Future of the Internet - iTunes - Ramesh Johari, Stanford

Understanding Computers and the Internet - iTunes - Feed - David Malan, Harvard University

TED Talks - 2 years, 50 million talks, top 10

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:25:38 GMT

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clipper's remarks: To celebrate two years and 50 million TED talks, we're releasing for the first time the list of the Top 10 TED talks

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These are the Top 10 TEDTalks in our first two years of posting TED video free to the world. Watch the highlights video, or dive in to the talks, using the links at right.

Johnny Lee demos Wii Remote hacks
05:40 Apr 2008

David Gallo shows underwater astonishments
05:21 Jan 2008

Blaise Aguera y Arcas demos Photosynth
07:42 May 2007

Tony Robbins asks why we do what we do
22:30 Jun 2006

Al Gore on averting climate crisis
16:18 Jun 2006

Jill Bolte Taylor's powerful stroke of insight

Arthur Benjamin does "Mathemagic"
15:15 Dec 2007

Jeff Han demos his breakthrough touchscreen
09:32 Aug 2006

Hans Rosling shows the best stats you've ever seen
20:35 Jun 2006

Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity
19:29 Jun 2006

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India's Goldfinger : Abhinav Bindra

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 02:12:15 GMT

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clipper's remarks: No individual gold has mattered so much to so many people in the history of Olympics... !!!

i don't really understand the distant relation between India & the Olympics??

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No individual gold has mattered so much to so many people in the history of Olympics. It was a medal for Abhinav; it was redemption for India. Never again will anyone be able to point a smug, sardonic finger and say: "No Indian is good enough to win an individual Olympic gold."

this is the first time that an Indian has won an individual gold since modern Olympics started in 1896.

"How does it feel Mr Bindra?" "Hard to describe it... it's the thrill of my life," he said, still looking calm as a monk.

Will this not change his life? "My life will go on. I hope it changes the face of Olympic sports in the country," he said.

This is the fifth individual Olympic medal for India. Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav won the first, a bronze in wrestling at the Helsinki Games in 1952. After a long gap, Leander Paes won the tennis bronze in Atlanta Games in 1996. Then, Karnam Malleswari won a weightlifting bronze in 2000 in Sydney

Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore raised the bar, winning a silver in Athens in 2004.

Olympic stars struggle to score showbiz gold

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:53:41 GMT

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clipper's remarks: "And Phelps could fade even within the Olympics, which still has another week left after the athlete kicks through his last breaststroke Saturday. "There's no question that Michael is an important driver of interest in the Olympics," NBC research chief Alan Wurtzel said. "But the Olympics turn out to be more than Michael Phelps."

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Can Michael Phelps turn gold into Hollywood dollars?

The advertising world has long had an ambivalent relationship with Olympic athletes; though coverage is saturated during the Games, interest in the quadrennial competition fades once its torch is extinguished.

So despite endless exposure, athletic dominance and a boy-next-door likability, one of the best athletes the U.S. has ever produced might be a ho-hum story when he climbs out of the pool.

In a pre-endorsement age, Hollywood would scour the Olympics for athletes and slot them into movies, as they did with Norwegian figure skater Sonja Henie and U.S. swimmers Buster Crabbe and Johnny Weissmuller.

"Once upon a time studios would find these beautiful creatures and put them in movies," Hollywood publicity guru Tony Angellotti said. "And if someone isn't that facile with the English language, like Weissmuller, well, you just make him Tarzan."

an Olympic pic

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:35:57 GMT

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A volunteer takes pictures in front of a giant poster of Michael Phelps near the National Aquatics Center Olympic swimming venue ahead of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, August 3, 2008.

Countries who have not adopted the metric system

Tue, 19 Jun 2007 13:52:01 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Not that I am in any hurry to learn it but... geez now I feel like I am standing alone in a 100 acre open field!

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GreenPix - Zero Energy - Trippy Solar Media Wall

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:51:13 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Involved parties: German manufacturers Schueco and SunWays; architect Simone Giostra; Urban design firm Arup.

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I found this wild LED wall today while perusing the interweb that is completely powered by solar power. It is located at the Xicui entertainment complex in Beijing, near the site of the 2008 Olympics.

Polycrystalline photovoltaic cells are laminated in the glass wall curtain at various density throughout, allowing natural light into the interior.

The wall is made up of about 2,300 color (RGB) light emitting diodes to create a 24,000 sq. ft. screen for dynamic visual display. As far as I can tell, it will be projecting abstract art and atmospheric panoramas predominantly.

Dynamic large-scale public art that utilizes renewable energy from the ambient environment. If China is going to continue on their headlong charge into industrial development, they'd be wise to follow this example toward innovation and clean, local energy production.

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Worst places to live in Great Britain

Worst places to live 2007

1. Middlesbrough

2. Hull

3. Newham - east London

4. Nottingham - East Midlands

5. Merthyr Tydfil - south Wales

6. North East Lincolnshire - eastern England

7. Islington - north London

8. Blaenau Gwent - south Wales

9. Mansfield - East Midlands

10. Knowsley - Merseyside

What is the power of things we hold dear?

Selling snow to the Swiss

Sailing to Byzantium

Natural Fashion

Natural Fashion: Tribal Decoration from Africa (Hardcover)

Snag Films -The Documentary Widget

candle4tibet

Join the Greatest Light Protest on Earth

FREEDOM IS NOT JUST ANOTHER WORDTAKE PART IN SOMETHING HUGE FOR IT

Light a Candle for Tibet at Your Home, With Friends or in Public. Watch Skyscrapers and Mountain Tops Flare with Red Smoke Join Other Special Light Actions All Over The World Drive Your Car With Lights On for 24 Hours Light Up Any Source of Light for Tibet

Unite with more than 100,000,000 people in THE GREATEST LIGHT PROTEST ON EARTH H.H. the Dalai Lama Offers His Blessing to Candle for Tibet

Who Discovered The Clitoris?

Free Online Courses from Great Universities

TED Talks - 2 years, 50 million talks, top 10

India's Goldfinger : Abhinav Bindra

Olympic stars struggle to score showbiz gold

an Olympic pic

Countries who have not adopted the metric system

GreenPix - Zero Energy - Trippy Solar Media Wall

FREEDOM IS NOT JUST ANOTHER WORD
TAKE PART IN SOMETHING HUGE FOR IT

Light a Candle for Tibet at Your Home, With Friends or in Public.

Watch Skyscrapers and Mountain Tops Flare with Red Smoke
Join Other Special Light Actions All Over The World
Drive Your Car With Lights On for 24 Hours
Light Up Any Source of Light for Tibet

Unite with more than 100,000,000 people in
THE GREATEST LIGHT PROTEST ON EARTH

H.H. the Dalai Lama Offers His Blessing to
Candle for Tibet