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Climate Change and Chipmonks in California

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:59:12 GMT

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From California to Costa Rica, rising temperatures could be driving species to higher elevations

TIME TRAVELPlumper pine trees suggest that growing conditions turned milder at the north end of Vogelsang Lake in Yosemite National Park between the early 20th century (above) and 2004 (below). With climate warming, some of Yosemite's small mammals have edged up slopes to more familiar temperatures. Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley

Chipmunks, mice and other small mammals pretty much moved up in the world as Yosemite National Park’s climate warmed during the last century.

As temperatures rose, these species tended to edge upward to higher and cooler ground, says Craig Moritz, director of the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology in Berkeley, Calif.

Tags: green, climate change, globalism

How long does it take for water to pass through the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean?

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 22:25:03 GMT

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clipper's remarks: If a drop of water could talk, what a story it would tell.

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How long does it take for water to pass through the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean?

If a drop of water could talk, what a story it would tell.

On average, a drop of water which finds its way into Lake Superior from runoff or rainfall takes more than two centuries to travel through the Great Lakes system and along the St. Lawrence River to the ocean, says Environment Canada. To be precise, water which entered Superior in 1794 - the year the reign of terror came to an end in France following the French revolution - didn't make it to the Atlantic until 1998.

The travelling time is based on retention times, or how long, on average, it takes for each of the lakes to replace its water with new water.

To get a grip on this theory, think of each of the lakes as a 10-gallon bathtub with the drain slightly open and the tap running slowly. If one gallon of water flows in and another out every minute, after 10 minutes you

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Iridium Handset 9505A

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:22:15 GMT

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Small, light and water resistant, the 9505A is designed to travel

The 9505A is the ideal communications option for people who work in or travel to remote locations. Take it with you on your next trip.

Handheld satellite phone that works anywhere in the world. Larger than a typical mobile phone, but still small enough to carry in a backpack. Very simple to use. Uses a familiar GSM dialing sequence. For outdoor use only.

Specifications

Dimensions: 158L x 62W x 59D mm

Volume: Under 375cc (22.9 ci)

Weight:Under 375g (13.2 ounces)

3.2 hours Talk Time

30 hours Standby Time

Operating range: -10 to +55 ºC

Accessories

AC Travel Charger (9505A)

Auto Accessory Adaptor (9505A)

Data Kit

Beam RST310 - RJ11 Docking station

Beam SatDOCK RST980

Flightcell Iridium 9505/9505A Mount

Rechargeable Battery (9505A)

Rollable Solar Panel

The 50 Most Inspiring Travel Quotes of All Time

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:25:41 GMT

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The 50 Most Inspiring Travel Quotes of All Time

Memorable travel quotes are like messages found on the beach; beautiful, timeless, and read at just the right moment.

1. “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.” - Mark Twain

2. “The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.” - St. Augustine

3. “There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign.” - Robert Louis Stevenson

4. “The use of traveling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are.” - Samuel Johnson

5. “All the pathos and irony of leaving one’s youth behind is thus implicit in every joyous moment of travel: one knows that the first joy can never be recovered, and the wise traveler learns not to repeat successes but tries new places all the time.” - Paul Fussell

Tags: travel, inspiration, quotes

weather hartford

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:04:22 GMT

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Wind:	NNW 6 mph
Max. Humidity:	66%
UV Index:	4 Moderate


Sunrise:	6:59 AM ET
Avg. High:	65°F
Record High:	86°F (1955)

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Wind:	NNE 1 mph
Max. Humidity:	78%


Sunset:	6:15 PM ET
Avg. Low:	41°F
Record Low:	21°F (1996)

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"Blue Voyage"

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 06:18:41 GMT

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"Blue Voyage"

is the most authentic mode of travel of Turkey.
It's the search of mankind for the traces of his existence in a sunset, struggle of a fish to escape from the hook, ruins of a church or a tower, bees drinking seawater. It's an exploration towards nature and naturalness in space dimensions, towards history and background of human being in time dimension.

The gullet tourism, other than bareboat concept, is a travel and vacation type that is derived from Blue Voyage tradition and peculiar to Turkey, which can be considered fully Turkish style. This is a type of yacht tourism made with the vessels having permanent crew or multi-property yachts, which became famous at the classical, ultra-luxury or international races and then adapted from classical, ultra-luxury or international races and then adapted to tourism or, in some exceptional cases, with yachts adapted from classical design basically.

Tags: travel, sailing, yatching, turkey, blue cruise

Anyone can be a victim of identity theft.

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:46:43 GMT

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clipper's remarks: visit www.gopowersearch.com for the future of travel

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Anyone can be a victim of identity theft.

It can happen in minutes, and take years for the fallout to stop.

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What do you do if you discover that you are an identity theft victim?

We're all at risk:

Do you hand your credit card to restaurant servers?
Do you receive mail at your home?
Do you shop on the Internet?
Do you shred all discarded personal mail?

What if it happens to you:

How many phone calls must you make?
What agencies do you call?
How many hours will it take?
How much money will be lost?

Tags: career, dream, opportunity, cruise, trip, income, computer.identity, theft

BookCrossing

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:31:39 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Its an old site, but I ran into it again and remembered that I like the idea.

Clip Source: www.bookcrossing.com

Welcome to BookCrossing

BookCrossing is earth-friendly, and gives you a way to share your books, clear your shelves, and conserve precious resources at the same time. Through our own unique method of recycling reads, BookCrossers give life to books. A book registered on BookCrossing is ready for adventure.

Leave it on a park bench, a coffee shop, at a hotel on vacation. Share it with a friend or tuck it onto a bookshelf at the gym -- anywhere it might find a new reader! What happens next is up to fate, and we never know where our books might travel. Track the book's journey around the world as it is passed on from person to person.

Join hundreds of thousands of active BookCrossers daily in our many forums to discuss your favorite authors, characters and books in every genre throughout history right up through current releases.

Tags: books, reading, sharing

Mungo MacCallum - Political Corrections

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:39:38 GMT

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clipper's remarks: If you wish to learn a little about Australian politics, this is as good a place as any to start. So Rudd wants Australia to play a bigger part of the world stage. Big deal, that's the way the rest of the world is going.

Clip Source: www.echonews.com

In a climate of economic uncertainty critics warm to their cause

So Kevin Rudd has become a bit self-indulgent.

We are told this on the very best of authority: one Malcolm Bligh Turnbull, who is, after all, a world expert on self-indulgence. The focus of his criticism is that the man formerly known as Kevin 24/7 because of his obsessive work ethic is now to be called Kevin 747, in response to his penchant for overseas travel.

Well, hang on there. Rudd had barely moved into The Lodge before his critics were berating him for not visiting Japan. Since then he has done a fair bit of catching up and has indeed spent more time outside Australia than John Howard did in his first year in office; but then, Howard took the job as a notorious xenophobe. It was only in the latter years of his reign, when he was running out of friends in Australia, that he began taking refuge overseas, with his face constantly popping up at international sporting events as Janette scoured the world’s shopping malls.

Tags: politics

Water Transportation Made Easier - The Q Drum

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 04:21:17 GMT

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The Q Drum eases the task of fetching water for peoples in developing nations. Climate change has required a countless number of people all around the world to travel greater distances to retrieve water for everyday use. The Q Drum allows a child to pull the full capacity of 50 liters of water over flat terrain with comparative ease.

Typical methods of water transport include a sundry of containers that must be carried, carted, driven, or hauled by animal or bicycle to and from the water source. This can often mean unhygienic conditions with inappropriate containers and exposure to pathogens, requires high energy output, and is labor intensive and time consuming.

The effort required to move the Q Drum allows children to be active helpers in a very important domestic duty, which could free adults from this job, which is typically the responsibility of women.

The drums are stackable, up to 40 high when filled, meaning storage space can be maximized and large scale transport possible.

Tags: water

folding bike review: the Giant Halfway

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:41:36 GMT

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clipper's remarks: A few more foldies the writer likes:

Again, there are many great folding bicycles on the market today, another sign that the bicycle industry is moving to better serve the commuter market. Great folders include the Breezer Zigzag, the Brompton, and the KHS Mocha/Latte. If you are a multimodal bicycle commuter fearful of rapid crowding on transit systems, or live in a small apartment, or lack secure bike parking and need to bring your bike into your office/workplace--you might want to consider a folding bike.

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Of all the folding bikes available, what was appealing about this bike? First, the Giant Halfway is relatively affordable, sold at an attractive price point.

Second, it is relatively quick to fold. Many folders, such as some models of the Bike Friday line--are really travel bikes--offering great ride quality but requiring more time to collapse; suitable for a trip to Europe or elsewhere, but maybe not the best option for quick folding as you rush to your bus or train.

It is also very smartly designed. The geometry is great; meaning the ride quality doesn't feel cramped, "squirrelly," or uncomfortable. The single front fork (above) facilitates quick folding, and also easy repairs of flats. You don't need to remove the entire wheel, just the inntertube.

also offers great features, such as fenders, kickstand, and a rear rack. The designers even created a special mount (above) for the fenders and kickstand, showing the Halfway's intended purpose as a practical commuter.

Tags: bikes, folding-bikes, reviews, recommendations

Counterintuitive physics may help everyone drive home quicker

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 18:25:35 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The second concept, the Nash equilibrium, occurs when an individual cannot choose a better strategy for himself if other individuals keep their strategies unchanged (i.e. an individual can not improve his situation by changing unilaterally). In the traffic situation, say you know which routes the other drivers take, maybe because you’ve tried different routes to find out which is the fastest way to get home from work. After trying different routes, you choose the route that is fastest for yourself. Then you cannot find a faster route as long as the other drivers stick to their same routes (which they do, because they cannot find faster routes, either).

But if many drivers could change their routes simultaneously, then the effect might be a decrease in everyone’s travel time, and society would come closer to the social optimum rather than languishing in the Nash equilibrium. The scientists found that modifying the network structure can sometimes lead to faster overall travel times,

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If you're trying to drive to a destination as quickly as possible, you might think that knowing the traffic conditions would help you choose the quickest route for yourself. Traffic reports and new GPS technologies that provide traffic data are based on this assumption – but scientists have found that knowing this information may do more harm than good.

A recent study has investigated just how much time is lost due to individuals opting for strategies that maximize their own personal utility rather than the social optimum, which often aren’t the same.

call this lost time “the price of anarchy” (POA) that society must pay for the lack of individual coordination.

At the core of the price of anarchy are two related concepts: Waldrop’s principle and the Nash equilibrium. Waldrop’s principle, which is fairly obvious, says that humans approach the problem of finding routes in a network from the self-interested perspective of finding the quickest route for themselves.

Tags: game theory, systems theory, traffic

Stealing Your Identity Through Mandated Passports

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 18:15:06 GMT

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Clip Source: voices.washingtonpost.com

A security researcher has published a software tool that makes it easy to copy and modify identification data encoded onto the computer chips embedded in passports issued by the United States and dozens of other countries.

Clip Source: www.washingtonpost.com

This is perhaps the greatest risk. The security mechanisms on your passport chip have to last the lifetime of your passport. It is as ridiculous to think that passport security will remain secure for that long as it would be to think that you won't see another security update for Microsoft Windows in that time. Improvements in antenna technology will certainly increase the distance at which they can be read and might even allow unauthorized readers to penetrate the shielding.

Tags: passports, travel, rfid, government, tyranny

Hubcap Creatures

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:29:56 GMT

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We're all familiar with hubcaps as the utilitarian devices that cover our wheels, helping travelers everywhere roll around in style. But one artist has found a new purpose for these protective pieces of metal: fashioning fantastical animals out of what used to be rubbish.

All of Ptolemy's creations are made exclusively from 100% recycled materials. This means that everything that is now a sculpture, used to be spinning around on the wheels of a car, so the metal bears all the scratches and abrasions from it's former life, just like a real creature would.

To see one of these metallic beauties in person, you'll have to travel to the UK area: most of the hubcap creatures can be found crawling on the walls or clinging to the ceiling in pubs and stores around Brighton. You can order pieces online, or commission a creature of your own. Either way, you save the environment in a unique, creative way. Or you can just wait til the next time you're in Britain. MR

Tags: art, hubcap, sculpture

New England Patriots: How Bad Will It Get?

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 10:32:31 GMT

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What A Difference A Year (And No Tom Brady) Makes: Miami Dolphins 38 New England Patriots 13

Take away one player, and the coach's ability to cheat by stealing signals, thus knowing what play the opposition is going to call ahead of time; and suddenly the New England Patriots Vs. the Miami Dolphins match up turns around 180 degrees.

And what can you say about those Patriot fans? As their team was going in for halftime, down 21-6, they booed the team that has given them several Superbowls, a perfect regular season record last year, and a 21 game winning streak.

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Climate Change and Chipmonks in California

How long does it take for water to pass through the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean?

Iridium Handset 9505A

Small, light and water resistant, the 9505A is designed to travel

The 9505A is the ideal communications option for people who work in or travel to remote locations. Take it with you on your next trip.

Specifications

Accessories

The 50 Most Inspiring Travel Quotes of All Time

weather hartford

Daily Details forHartford, CT [ English | Metric ]

"Blue Voyage"

Anyone can be a victim of identity theft.

Anyone can be a victim of identity theft.

BookCrossing

Mungo MacCallum - Political Corrections

Water Transportation Made Easier - The Q Drum

folding bike review: the Giant Halfway

Counterintuitive physics may help everyone drive home quicker

Stealing Your Identity Through Mandated Passports

Hubcap Creatures

New England Patriots: How Bad Will It Get?

What A Difference A Year (And No Tom Brady) Makes: Miami Dolphins 38 New England Patriots 13

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Hartford, CT
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