January 2012
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EERE: Energy Savers Home Page →
Here is another nifty page from the DOE. It gives all kinds of info about how to save energy in the home without sacrificing comfort (which saves money as well as the planet for the skeptics out there:)
“Above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the...”
– Roald Dahl (via kari-shma)
(Thanks VeroMilo for sharing:)
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"Biologists Replicate Key Evolutionary Step in... →
“Follow how single-celled organisms began forming multi-cellular clusters.”
(click the headline to read the whole story!)
National Science Foundation Press Release - January 16, 2012
“More than 500 million years ago, single-celled organisms on Earth’s surface began forming multi-cellular clusters that ultimately became plants and animals.
Just how that happened is a...
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...Of Reality Problem Solving
The anti-SOPA/PIPA blitz yesterday got me to thinking…
…And in less time than it will probably take me to type out and publish this blog post, I cooked up an electronic solution, all in my head, to the piracy problem that media corporations are trying to use as an excuse to take over content control of the Internet in the USA…
…And I am not even a programmer.
I’m...
Obama Administration Response to SOPA and PIPA →
Via the Huffington Post. Click the headline to read.
(In short: more intelligent legislation will be required:) I <3 our President).
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WatchWatch if you want to smile today :) - Credit as follows:
landscapelifescape:
Troop of Gorillas visit a camp
This is absolutely beautiful!
December 2011
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Metro Buses and Trains are Free Christmas Eve,... →
Happy New Year! suburbanmike:
For those inclined to go out tonight, all Metro buses and trains are totally free until 2am.
Have fun. Be safe. Yr welcome.
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"Oil is more toxic than previously thought, study... →
Click the header link to read the LA Times story By Dean Kuipers
"Kohl’s Department Stores Add EV Charging Stations... →
pricequotes:
Kohl’s has now joined the ranks of IKEA, Cracker Barrel, Macy’s, Best Buy, Walgreen’s, Walmart, Marriott, Hilton, Best Western, Holiday Inn, McDonald’s and many more big businesses to support EV rollout across the country. Bravo!
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PriceQuotes.com Automobile Forum: Glimpses of the... →
pricequotes:
Being simultaneously a Florida girl and a California girl, the scent of anything related to oranges is like heaven for me. I’m a bit of an orange oil fanatic, as well, using it for home cleaning, bug repellant and in beauty products…. and perhaps one future day, ideally for tires, perhaps even on…
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"Dear Congress, It's No Longer OK To Not Know How... →
Click the link above to read Joshua Kopstein’s article.
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Imagine life without the Internet folks! Seeya later Facebook! So long online shopping and bill-pay!
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Click to See Nat Geo's 2011 Photo Contest Winners →
Beautiful work! One must-see is the last photo in the People category:)
Very Cool News About Capturing More Heat Via Solar... →
From the LA TIMES.
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Finally! A Real Solution to the Money Problems of...
LaurasTheory thinks she has finally found a real solution to both the budgetary woes of the City of Los Angeles and the constant feeling of persecution suffered by many of we-the-people who live in the City of Los Angeles.
Instead of continuing to milk the city’s poorest people of their hard earned and precious money via hidden taxes (AKA street cleaning tickets):
Tally up the cost of:
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"Long-Sought 'God Particle' Cornered, Scientists...
More news from CERN about the Same thing; with some pretty interesting info about what happens to Higgs-Boson when it makes it’s elusive appearance :)
By Clara Moskowitz | LiveScience.com: http://news.yahoo.com/long-sought-god-particle-cornered-scientists-140202981.html
