Thursday, December 31, 2009
42% Of Sea-Tac’s Restaurants Violate Food Safety
42% Of Sea-Tac’s Restaurants Violate Food Safety: "According to an independent USA Today review of inspection records (link to story here) of nearly 800 restaurants at 10 airports, 42% of 57 restaurants reviewed at Sea-Tac Airport had at least one “critical” violation.
A “critical” violation is one where food items, such as sandwiches, meats or salads, are stored at dangerously warm temperatures, increasing the risk of food-borne illnesses."
A “critical” violation is one where food items, such as sandwiches, meats or salads, are stored at dangerously warm temperatures, increasing the risk of food-borne illnesses."
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Monday, December 21, 2009
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Friday, December 18, 2009
The Freecycle Network - Gifting, Donating Items, Reduce Waste, Reuse Groups, Free Stuff - AARP
The Freecycle Network - Gifting, Donating Items, Reduce Waste, Reuse Groups, Free Stuff - AARP: "The Freecycle Network: Good for the Planet (and Your Wallet)"
Consumer World: Return Policies, Return Policy
Consumer World: Return Policies, Return Policy: "SOME RETAILERS NAUGHTY, MOST NICE"
ShopSmart: Food Label Tricks and Truths: Consumer Reports http://pressroom.consumerreports.org/pressroom/
ShopSmart: Food Label Tricks and Truths: Consumer Reports http://pressroom.consumerreports.org/pressroom/: "Release Date: 11/16/2009
ShopSmart: Food Label Tricks and Truths
What’s Really in the Stuff You’re Eating? ShopSmart Debunks Food Label Myths"
ShopSmart: Food Label Tricks and Truths
What’s Really in the Stuff You’re Eating? ShopSmart Debunks Food Label Myths"
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Sunday, December 13, 2009
The 6 Weirdest, Scariest Processed Foods | | AlterNet
The 6 Weirdest, Scariest Processed Foods | | AlterNet: "The 6 Weirdest, Scariest Processed Foods
By Brad Reed, AlterNet. Posted December 6, 2009."
By Brad Reed, AlterNet. Posted December 6, 2009."
Saturday, December 12, 2009
WIDE EYE CINEMA – Free Conspiracy Videos » All Films
WIDE EYE CINEMA – Free Conspiracy Videos » All FilmsSorry if you don't agree, but I believe you should give some of these videos a chance.
Friday, December 11, 2009
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
20 Free Tech Tools for Learning and Communicating | Blogging & Technology | So You Want To Teach?
20 Free Tech Tools for Learning and Communicating | Blogging & Technology | So You Want To Teach?: "20 Free Tech Tools for Learning and Communicating"
Monday, December 7, 2009
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Friday, November 27, 2009
Monday, November 23, 2009
Friday, November 20, 2009
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Wireless Phones Can Affect The Brain, Swedish Study Suggests
Wireless Phones Can Affect The Brain, Swedish Study Suggests: "Wireless Phones Can Affect The Brain, Swedish Study Suggests"
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Monday, November 2, 2009
Author Compares Vegan Hummer Driver to Meat Eating Prius Driver, Says Hummer Driver is Better for Environment - All Cars Electric
Author Compares Vegan Hummer Driver to Meat Eating Prius Driver, Says Hummer Driver is Better for Environment - All Cars Electric: "Author Compares Vegan Hummer Driver to Meat Eating Prius Driver, Says Hummer Driver is Better for Environment"
Green Tweets: 75+ Environmentalists to Follow on Twitter
Green Tweets: 75+ Environmentalists to Follow on Twitter: "Green Tweets: 75+ Environmentalists to Follow on Twitter"
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Computer Data on 103,000 Va. Adult Ed Students Misplaced - washingtonpost.com
Computer Data on 103,000 Va. Adult Ed Students Misplaced - washingtonpost.com: "A Virginia Education Department employee handed off a two-gigabyte flash drive that was not encrypted during a Sept. 21 meeting in Richmond to a representative of Virginia Tech's Center for Assessment, Evaluation and Educational Programming. The information was to be used for federally mandated research.
The flash drive was reported missing the next day. It contained personal information for all students who finished an adult education course in Virginia from April 2007 through June 2009 or who passed a high school equivalency test between January 2001 and June 2009.
Pyle said it is against agency policy to transfer sensitive information without encrypting it."
The flash drive was reported missing the next day. It contained personal information for all students who finished an adult education course in Virginia from April 2007 through June 2009 or who passed a high school equivalency test between January 2001 and June 2009.
Pyle said it is against agency policy to transfer sensitive information without encrypting it."
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Get Tax Credits for Home Projects - WSJ.com
Get Tax Credits for Home Projects - WSJ.com: "Upgrade your insulation, windows, doors, roofing, heating and air-conditioning system or water heater, and you could qualify for a federal tax credit for 30% of the purchase price of the product -- up to a $1,500 maximum credit.
To qualify for the credit, you must place those purchases in service between Jan. 1, 2009 and Dec. 31, 2010."
To qualify for the credit, you must place those purchases in service between Jan. 1, 2009 and Dec. 31, 2010."
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Farm-to-Cafeteria conference
We are happy to inform you of a peninsula-wide Farm-to-Cafeteria conference being planned for November 5, 2009 at the Jamestown Tribe Community Center in Blyn. Please see www.clallamgrown.org for more details and to register online. The purpose of the conference is to increase awareness of the important role that Farm-to-Cafeteria programs can play in food systems, local economies, and community health and to discuss workable options for beginning Farm-to-Cafeteria programs on the peninsula now!
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
MENU FOR THE FUTURE
MENU FOR THE FUTURE
NO FEE for class. Purchase book from NW Earth Institute
503-227-2807
www.nwei.org
Wednesdays
Oct 7 – Nov 11
6 pm – 7:30 pm
144 Tripp Road
Sequim
460-7941
MENU FOR THE FUTURE is a six-session discussion guide for the community. PARTICIPANTS IN THIS DISCUSSION COURSE WILL:
* Explore food systems and their impacts on culture, society and ecological systems.
* Gain insight into agricultural and individual practices that promote personal and ecological well-being.
* Consider ways to create and support sustainable food systems.
NO FEE for class. Purchase book from NW Earth Institute
503-227-2807
www.nwei.org
Wednesdays
Oct 7 – Nov 11
6 pm – 7:30 pm
144 Tripp Road
Sequim
460-7941
MENU FOR THE FUTURE is a six-session discussion guide for the community. PARTICIPANTS IN THIS DISCUSSION COURSE WILL:
* Explore food systems and their impacts on culture, society and ecological systems.
* Gain insight into agricultural and individual practices that promote personal and ecological well-being.
* Consider ways to create and support sustainable food systems.
Monday, September 28, 2009
More school: Obama would curtail summer vacation - Yahoo! News
More school: Obama would curtail summer vacation - Yahoo! News: "Obama says American kids spend too little time in school, putting them at a disadvantage with other students around the globe.
'Now, I know longer school days and school years are not wildly popular ideas,' the president said earlier this year. 'Not with Malia and Sasha, not in my family, and probably not in yours. But the challenges of a new century demand more time in the classroom.'
The president, who has a sixth-grader and a third-grader, wants schools to add time to classes, to stay open late and to let kids in on weekends so they have a safe place to go.
'Our school calendar is based upon the agrarian economy and not too many of our kids are working the fields today,' Education Secretary Arne Duncan said in a recent interview with The Associated Press."
'Now, I know longer school days and school years are not wildly popular ideas,' the president said earlier this year. 'Not with Malia and Sasha, not in my family, and probably not in yours. But the challenges of a new century demand more time in the classroom.'
The president, who has a sixth-grader and a third-grader, wants schools to add time to classes, to stay open late and to let kids in on weekends so they have a safe place to go.
'Our school calendar is based upon the agrarian economy and not too many of our kids are working the fields today,' Education Secretary Arne Duncan said in a recent interview with The Associated Press."
Friday, September 25, 2009
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Google Search hack....Recently indexed content
The Return of the URL Hack: Finding Google’s REALLY Recently-Indexed Content
Posted: 21 Sep 2009 04:34 AM PDT
A big thanks to Ran at Omgili.com for his recent blog post about turning Google into a near real-time search engine. You can do it too! Here’s how it works.
If you’ve been reading ResearchBuzz for a while you know about hacking URLs — changing parameters so that the pages display different kinds of results. Ran hacked a Google search result URL and changed the search results so that they were being returned only for items that had been indexed in a very small period of time — like a few seconds!
Here is a basic Google search for the word fred.
http://www.google.com/search?q=fred
Ran hacked the tbs parameter, which possibly stands for Time Being Searched? The tbs parameter, added on to the end of a query, can look like this:
&tbs=qdr:d (searches a day’s worth of indexed content)
&tbs=qdr:h (searches an hour’s worth of indexed content)
&tbs=qdr:n (searches a minute’s worth of indexed content)
&tbs=qdr:s (searches a second’s worth of indexed content)
You just add the parameter to the end of your query. So if you were searching for content containing the word fred that was indexed in the last minute, the query would look like this:
http://www.google.com/search?q=fred&tbs=qdr:n
You can add a number to the end of the parameter to indicate a span. For example, &tbs=qdr:h3 at the end of a Google query will find content indexed within the last three hours.
Note that this parameter seems to work only in Web search — I didn’t get any results when I tried to use it in news, images, etc.
So what do you DO with this? You can find content that Google has indexed really really really recently. :-> You can also use these switches to dig around in Twitter. For example, say I want to search Twitter for Tweet accounts that describe themselves as the “official” blah-de-blah. I can’t do that with Twitter’s search page because I can’t search in just the biography text. But you can with Google using the following query:
site:twitter.com “Bio * official”
By adding &tbs=qdr:h3 to the end of a search URL for the above query, I could search Google for recently-indexed Twitter accounts/updates in a way that Twitter’s search page doesn’t allow me to. Now, will this get you everything? My assumption is no; I go by the rule of thumb that an external search engine applied to a source will never get everything that that source’s internal search engine will. But I got enough that I wanted to look around some more.
Or you can use Twitter as a Deliciousesque search using Google! The following search will look just in Twitter users’ favorited lists for the word “tool”:
site:twitter.com inurl:favorites tool
Posted: 21 Sep 2009 04:34 AM PDT
A big thanks to Ran at Omgili.com for his recent blog post about turning Google into a near real-time search engine. You can do it too! Here’s how it works.
If you’ve been reading ResearchBuzz for a while you know about hacking URLs — changing parameters so that the pages display different kinds of results. Ran hacked a Google search result URL and changed the search results so that they were being returned only for items that had been indexed in a very small period of time — like a few seconds!
Here is a basic Google search for the word fred.
http://www.google.com/search?q=fred
Ran hacked the tbs parameter, which possibly stands for Time Being Searched? The tbs parameter, added on to the end of a query, can look like this:
&tbs=qdr:d (searches a day’s worth of indexed content)
&tbs=qdr:h (searches an hour’s worth of indexed content)
&tbs=qdr:n (searches a minute’s worth of indexed content)
&tbs=qdr:s (searches a second’s worth of indexed content)
You just add the parameter to the end of your query. So if you were searching for content containing the word fred that was indexed in the last minute, the query would look like this:
http://www.google.com/search?q=fred&tbs=qdr:n
You can add a number to the end of the parameter to indicate a span. For example, &tbs=qdr:h3 at the end of a Google query will find content indexed within the last three hours.
Note that this parameter seems to work only in Web search — I didn’t get any results when I tried to use it in news, images, etc.
So what do you DO with this? You can find content that Google has indexed really really really recently. :-> You can also use these switches to dig around in Twitter. For example, say I want to search Twitter for Tweet accounts that describe themselves as the “official” blah-de-blah. I can’t do that with Twitter’s search page because I can’t search in just the biography text. But you can with Google using the following query:
site:twitter.com “Bio * official”
By adding &tbs=qdr:h3 to the end of a search URL for the above query, I could search Google for recently-indexed Twitter accounts/updates in a way that Twitter’s search page doesn’t allow me to. Now, will this get you everything? My assumption is no; I go by the rule of thumb that an external search engine applied to a source will never get everything that that source’s internal search engine will. But I got enough that I wanted to look around some more.
Or you can use Twitter as a Deliciousesque search using Google! The following search will look just in Twitter users’ favorited lists for the word “tool”:
site:twitter.com inurl:favorites tool
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Docu-View: Free Online Documentaries
Docu-View: Free Online Documentaries: "Listing all documentaries in 'Environment'"
Monday, September 14, 2009
Panasonic: New LED bulbs shine for 19 years | Crave - CNET
Panasonic: New LED bulbs shine for 19 years | Crave - CNET: "Panasonic: New LED bulbs shine for 19 years"
Friday, September 11, 2009
Starving in silence - The Globe and Mail
Starving in silence - The Globe and Mail: "Starving in silence
With no machines and all the livestock eaten, quiet lingers in rural areas of nation where 8.7 million face hunger"
With no machines and all the livestock eaten, quiet lingers in rural areas of nation where 8.7 million face hunger"
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Gleaning - Gleaners
Gleaning: One Way to Help the Community - Cali Keck, OlyCAP’s Americorps Volunteer focusing on community gardens asked me to let everyone know that we are fortunate in East Jefferson and Clallam counties to have community organizations helping gather food that would otherwise go to waste and distributing it to neighbors in need. The group in Port Townsend is Quimper Community Harvest, and they can be contacted at 379-0414, or sethrolland@gmail.com. Olympic Gleaners covers Port Angeles/Sequim and they can be reached at 360-452-4726 ext. 6282, olympicgleaners@gmail.com, or on their website http://www.olympicgleaners.org/.
They are looking for volunteers, trees and farms to glean, and recipients for the gleaned food.
They are looking for volunteers, trees and farms to glean, and recipients for the gleaned food.
Monday, September 7, 2009
Psychologist: Facebook Makes You Smarter, Twitter Makes You Dumber
Psychologist: Facebook Makes You Smarter, Twitter Makes You Dumber: "Of course, it’s not that simple; but if you believe Dr Tracy Alloway from the University of Stirling in Scotland, Twitter and Facebook are very different beasts when it comes to improve your “working memory“, which relates to “the structures and processes used for temporarily storing and manipulating information in short-term memory.”
Dr. Alloway has developed a working memory training programme for slow-learning children aged 11 to 14 at a school in Durham, and she found out that Facebook (Facebook) did wonders for working memory, improving the kids’ IQ scores, while YouTube (YouTube) and Twitter’s (Twitter) steady stream of information was not healthy for working memory. Also, playing video games, especially those that involve planning and strategy, can also be beneficial.
As with any such study, one needs to take the results with a grain of salt. Without going into the benefits of training working memory for improving your IQ results, it’s obvious that Facebook and Twitter are hard to compare. Facebook is extremely versatile: you can play games there, chat with your friends, view photos and videos; you can even take IQ tests.
Twitter is a much simpler, more streamlined service. Does that fact alone makes it detrimental to your working memory? Dr. Allowa"
Dr. Alloway has developed a working memory training programme for slow-learning children aged 11 to 14 at a school in Durham, and she found out that Facebook (Facebook) did wonders for working memory, improving the kids’ IQ scores, while YouTube (YouTube) and Twitter’s (Twitter) steady stream of information was not healthy for working memory. Also, playing video games, especially those that involve planning and strategy, can also be beneficial.
As with any such study, one needs to take the results with a grain of salt. Without going into the benefits of training working memory for improving your IQ results, it’s obvious that Facebook and Twitter are hard to compare. Facebook is extremely versatile: you can play games there, chat with your friends, view photos and videos; you can even take IQ tests.
Twitter is a much simpler, more streamlined service. Does that fact alone makes it detrimental to your working memory? Dr. Allowa"
Friday, September 4, 2009
Tell Obama's Antitrust Czar: Investigate Monsanto
Tell Obama's Antitrust Czar: Investigate Monsanto: "Massive seed corporation Monsanto -- through acquisitions and cut-throat business practices -- has cornered 90% of the soy, 65% of the corn, and 70% of the cotton market, and has a rapidly growing presence in the fruit and vegetable market, all without government anti-trust officials raising an eyebrow."
Shampoo pooh-pooh - 02 September 2009 - New Scientist
Shampoo pooh-pooh - 02 September 2009 - New Scientist: "have just read the label on my shampoo bottle. The list of ingredients is mind-boggling. How on earth did anyone come up with such a complex concoction and what exactly are chemicals such as sodium diethylene-triamine pentamethylene phosphonate and hydroxyisohexyl 3-cyclohexene carboxaldehyde doing to my hair?"
Diesel Exhaust Is Linked To Cancer Development Via New Blood Vessel Growth
Diesel Exhaust Is Linked To Cancer Development Via New Blood Vessel Growth: "Diesel Exhaust Is Linked To Cancer Development Via New Blood Vessel Growth"
Thursday, September 3, 2009
How Hybrids are robbing the planet of Rare Earths | Automotive.com How Hybrids are robbing the planet of Rare Earths Blog & Enthusiast Discussions
How Hybrids are robbing the planet of Rare Earths | Automotive.com How Hybrids are robbing the planet of Rare Earths Blog & Enthusiast Discussions: "Now comes word that hybrid vehicles are “gobbling” up rare earth metals for use in the construction of their electric motors and batteries. These precious metals are also used in the manufacturing of other electronic gadgets. So now there appears that there is a shortage of this type of materials."
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Finally...I wanted this about five years ago.
| ||
Thursday, August 27, 2009
CostCo Recyle Program
Powered by Gazelle, the industry leader in electronics trade-ins, Costco’s new Trade-In & Recycle Program lets you responsibly trade-in electronic gadgets for Costco Cash cards good for anything in Costco warehouses or at Costco. Com. Electronics include laptops, cell phones, LCD monitors, digital cameras, camcorders, MP3 players, gaming systems, video games, GPS devices and more. And Costco members receive a greater return: Gazelle will pay Costco members about 2.5% more for their old electronics than it does through its normal service.
Free shipping is offered on all transactions with a value of at least $1. (Gazelle will even send you a box for most items!)
To participate, follow these four steps.
1. Click on the box on Costco.com’s home page or type “recycle” into the search window to visit the trade-in Web site.
2. From the menu, find the value of the items you would like to trade in.
3. Gazelle provides mailing labels. Print them, and ship the items to Gazelle for free.
4. Once your items are evaluated, receive a Costco Cash card within 10 days.
For security, Gazelle will remove personal data from the old gadgets prior to issuing the Costco Cash card. All items are wiped of personal data and reset to factory settings, according to Gazelle. As an added measure of security, for items with hard drives, the company uses Department of Defense-approved software and performs all tasks in a controlled, secure environment.
The Trade-In & Recycle Program is available to all Costco members.
Free shipping is offered on all transactions with a value of at least $1. (Gazelle will even send you a box for most items!)
To participate, follow these four steps.
1. Click on the box on Costco.com’s home page or type “recycle” into the search window to visit the trade-in Web site.
2. From the menu, find the value of the items you would like to trade in.
3. Gazelle provides mailing labels. Print them, and ship the items to Gazelle for free.
4. Once your items are evaluated, receive a Costco Cash card within 10 days.
For security, Gazelle will remove personal data from the old gadgets prior to issuing the Costco Cash card. All items are wiped of personal data and reset to factory settings, according to Gazelle. As an added measure of security, for items with hard drives, the company uses Department of Defense-approved software and performs all tasks in a controlled, secure environment.
The Trade-In & Recycle Program is available to all Costco members.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
A community gardener puts crops within easy reach - OregonLive.com
A community gardener puts crops within easy reach - OregonLive.com: "A community gardener puts crops within easy reach
by Ruth Mullen, The Oregonian"
by Ruth Mullen, The Oregonian"
Monday, August 24, 2009
Railroads Abandoned in Washington State, at 1:500,000 - View
Railroads Abandoned in Washington State, at 1:500,000 - View
Shame. Imagine using RR right of ways for transport of people and goods instead of lots and lots of trucks tearing up the highways, belching smoke, throwing off bad recapped tires, smashing into grandma, making noise, etc. One diesel train can carry tons and tons of cargo, or people, or both.
Shame. Imagine using RR right of ways for transport of people and goods instead of lots and lots of trucks tearing up the highways, belching smoke, throwing off bad recapped tires, smashing into grandma, making noise, etc. One diesel train can carry tons and tons of cargo, or people, or both.
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Foreigners Attending US Grad Schools Way Down: Wake Up, Xenophobes
Posted: 23 Aug 2009 07:00 AM PDT
It’s happening: Lou Dobbs’ dream come true and Silicon Valley’s worst nightmare. We’re already seeing the reverse brain drain as smart immigrants take their US educations and experience building companies and creating technology back to their home countries. But now, xenophobia and the lack of any sensible H-1B visa policy is keeping the world’s brightest minds from coming to the U.S. in the first place.
U.S. grad school admissions for would-be international students plummeted this year, according to the Council of Graduate Schools—the first decline in five years. The decline was 3% on average, thanks to increases from China and the Middle East, but some countries saw double-digit declines in interest in a U.S. education. Applicants from India and South Korea fell 12% and 9% respectively—with students turning their sights on schools in Asia and Europe instead.
This shouldn’t be a surprise. Much of the world’s economic growth—hence, jobs—is in emerging markets, the schools are far cheaper and in many cases competitive academically, and then there’s the H-1B issue. If America won’t allow a PhD just trained in our top schools to work here and contribute to the economy—why come here and take on the student loans to begin with?
Make no mistake: This is a huge blow for the United States, and particularly Silicon Valley. It’s killing diversity in graduate schools at a time future business leaders most need to understand other countries, especially Asian ones. Xenophobic, anonymous cowards may leave as much bile in the comments as they want: The reality is one out of every four tech companies is started by an immigrant. In the tech industry, immigrants have created more high paying jobs than they’ve “stolen.”
And nearly every CEO will tell you how much added cost and hassle there is in hiring a foreign-born worker—they do it because they physically can not find enough appropriately skilled workers in the U.S. (Below is an interview I did with LinkedIn’s Reid Hoffman about this very subject a few months ago, and he wrote a guest post on TechCrunch discussing the issue as well.)
Indeed, a recent study by the Bay Area Council, the Campaign for College Opportunity and IHELP showed that we’d need a 90% upswing in people graduating with degrees in science, technology, math or engineering to keep up with all the new jobs being created in that discipline. What created Silicon Valley was a culture of openness and there is no future to Silicon Valley without it.
You know that American dream and American spirit of innovation we always talk about? Turns out, the bulk of it was built by people who came to America from somewhere else, not people born American. We have no birthright or natural lock on these things. Money and talent are fungible assets that flowed to the U.S.—and specifically the Valley—because that is where they were supported and rewarded.
Some people have blithely dismissed growth in markets like China and India saying Silicon Valley will always be the hub for tech; that everyone will come to us. Wake up: Because the numbers are showing money and talent is increasingly going elsewhere.
It’s happening: Lou Dobbs’ dream come true and Silicon Valley’s worst nightmare. We’re already seeing the reverse brain drain as smart immigrants take their US educations and experience building companies and creating technology back to their home countries. But now, xenophobia and the lack of any sensible H-1B visa policy is keeping the world’s brightest minds from coming to the U.S. in the first place.
U.S. grad school admissions for would-be international students plummeted this year, according to the Council of Graduate Schools—the first decline in five years. The decline was 3% on average, thanks to increases from China and the Middle East, but some countries saw double-digit declines in interest in a U.S. education. Applicants from India and South Korea fell 12% and 9% respectively—with students turning their sights on schools in Asia and Europe instead.
This shouldn’t be a surprise. Much of the world’s economic growth—hence, jobs—is in emerging markets, the schools are far cheaper and in many cases competitive academically, and then there’s the H-1B issue. If America won’t allow a PhD just trained in our top schools to work here and contribute to the economy—why come here and take on the student loans to begin with?
Make no mistake: This is a huge blow for the United States, and particularly Silicon Valley. It’s killing diversity in graduate schools at a time future business leaders most need to understand other countries, especially Asian ones. Xenophobic, anonymous cowards may leave as much bile in the comments as they want: The reality is one out of every four tech companies is started by an immigrant. In the tech industry, immigrants have created more high paying jobs than they’ve “stolen.”
And nearly every CEO will tell you how much added cost and hassle there is in hiring a foreign-born worker—they do it because they physically can not find enough appropriately skilled workers in the U.S. (Below is an interview I did with LinkedIn’s Reid Hoffman about this very subject a few months ago, and he wrote a guest post on TechCrunch discussing the issue as well.)
Indeed, a recent study by the Bay Area Council, the Campaign for College Opportunity and IHELP showed that we’d need a 90% upswing in people graduating with degrees in science, technology, math or engineering to keep up with all the new jobs being created in that discipline. What created Silicon Valley was a culture of openness and there is no future to Silicon Valley without it.
You know that American dream and American spirit of innovation we always talk about? Turns out, the bulk of it was built by people who came to America from somewhere else, not people born American. We have no birthright or natural lock on these things. Money and talent are fungible assets that flowed to the U.S.—and specifically the Valley—because that is where they were supported and rewarded.
Some people have blithely dismissed growth in markets like China and India saying Silicon Valley will always be the hub for tech; that everyone will come to us. Wake up: Because the numbers are showing money and talent is increasingly going elsewhere.
Friday, August 21, 2009
Computer Recycling
OlyPen at 245 E. Washington is accepting used computer monitors, towers, mice and keyboards for recycling. They refurbish the computers and donate them to people in the community. Contact OlyPen at 683-1456.
Peninsula Daily News.com
Peninsula Daily News.com
Washington News & Action Alert Center
Washington News & Action Alert Center Media in WASHINGTON State...papers, TV, etc.
Monday, August 17, 2009
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Friday, August 7, 2009
Lines of clunkers await being killed at scrap yard - Yahoo! News
Lines of clunkers await being killed at scrap yard - Yahoo! News Doesn't make sense to me to crush drivable automobiles.
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Chinese internet addict 'beaten to death' - Telegraph
Chinese internet addict 'beaten to death' - Telegraph: "Chinese internet addict 'beaten to death'
A 16-year-old Chinese boy has allegedly been beaten to death by managers at a rehabilitation centre for internet addiction.
By Malcolm Moore in Beijing
Published: 6:55PM BST 04 Aug 2009
Three supervisors who were trying to cure Deng Senshan of his compulsive computer use have been arrested after he died on Sunday.
'We are investigating a case where a high school student was beaten to death by his camp supervisors. The case is still under investigation,' a police officer in Nanning, Guangxi province, told the Chinese state media.
The boy's father, Deng Fei, said he had paid 7,000 yuan (£605) for his son to spend a month at the Guangxi Qihuang Survival Training camp, which promised to rid the boy of his problems.
'My son was very healthy and was not a criminal. He just had an internet addiction when I left him at the camp,' he said. 'We can't believe our only son was beaten to death.'
He claimed the boy had been put in solitary confinement shortly after his arrival and then beaten by supervisors who were upset he was running too slowly.
There are several internet addiction boot camps in China, and the government has recently cautioned one hospital in the north of the country for u"
A 16-year-old Chinese boy has allegedly been beaten to death by managers at a rehabilitation centre for internet addiction.
By Malcolm Moore in Beijing
Published: 6:55PM BST 04 Aug 2009
Three supervisors who were trying to cure Deng Senshan of his compulsive computer use have been arrested after he died on Sunday.
'We are investigating a case where a high school student was beaten to death by his camp supervisors. The case is still under investigation,' a police officer in Nanning, Guangxi province, told the Chinese state media.
The boy's father, Deng Fei, said he had paid 7,000 yuan (£605) for his son to spend a month at the Guangxi Qihuang Survival Training camp, which promised to rid the boy of his problems.
'My son was very healthy and was not a criminal. He just had an internet addiction when I left him at the camp,' he said. 'We can't believe our only son was beaten to death.'
He claimed the boy had been put in solitary confinement shortly after his arrival and then beaten by supervisors who were upset he was running too slowly.
There are several internet addiction boot camps in China, and the government has recently cautioned one hospital in the north of the country for u"
Michael Pritchard turns filthy water drinkable | Video on TED.com
Michael Pritchard turns filthy water drinkable | Video on TED.com: "Talks Michael Pritchard turns filthy water drinkable"
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
The White House - Blog Post - Facts Are Stubborn Things
The White House - Blog Post - Facts Are Stubborn Things: "TUESDAY, AUGUST 4TH, 2009 AT 6:55 AM
Facts Are Stubborn Things
Posted by Macon Phillips
Opponents of health insurance reform may find the truth a little inconvenient, but as our second president famously said, 'facts are stubborn things"
Facts Are Stubborn Things
Posted by Macon Phillips
Opponents of health insurance reform may find the truth a little inconvenient, but as our second president famously said, 'facts are stubborn things"
Monday, August 3, 2009
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Sequim Community Net - Sequim-WEB.NET
Sequim Community Net - Sequim-WEB.NET: "Water Resources on the web: http://clallampud.net/water http://www.waterusewisely.com http://www.waterkeeper.org http://www.epa.gov/watersense http://www.usgs.gov http://clallam.scc.wa.gov/ http://www.wnps.org"
Friday, July 31, 2009
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Thursday, July 16, 2009
A REAL ROOT BEER FLOAT
My friend, Gary, writes:
During these hot spells, P. and I enjoy having a root beer float after dinner.
A couple weeks while shopping at Trader Joe's we bought a 4 pack of Virgil's
http://www.virgils.com/about.shtml Root Beer and a half gallon of TJ's French
vanilla ice cream to make our root beer vanilla floats.
WOW!! Were they good. I haven't had a root beer float in over a year.
During this last hot spell I wanted another RB float so instead of driving all the way to Castro Valley's TJ, I went up at the corner Quick Stop and bought a couple bottles of Mug Old Fashion root beer and 2 pints of Ben & Jerry's vanilla ice cream.
On the first taste I knew I was in for a disappointment. BLEEEEah! How, I remember,
as a kid, Mug Root Beer was petty good. But this new stuff left a horrible chemical
after taste in the back of my throat. I had this same taste experience with a can of
Coke Cola about four months ago. I wondered just what is in this drink that tastes
so bad. I looked at the label of Mug Root Beer for the ingredients. Here is what I found.
Contains: Carbonated water, high fructose corn syrup, caramel color, sodium benzoate
(preserves freshness), citric acid, natural and artificial flavors, modified food starch,
calcium disodium EDTA (to protect flavor) and quillaia extract.
Then I went to Wikipedia to see just what these chemicals are.
Citric acid is a natural preservative and is also used to add an acidic, or sour, taste to foods.
Sodium benzoate is used most prevalently in acidic foods as to inhibit the growth of bacteria and fungi.
Calcium disodium EDTA is ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid. Soft drinks containing ascorbic acid and sodium benzoate, EDTA mitigates formation of benzene (a carcinogen). Quillaia extract is used as a foaming agent.
Virgil's Root Beer did not leave that nasty taste in my mouth. Virgil's contains these ingredients: carbonated water; unbleached cane sugar; caramelized unrefined cane sugar and these herbs and spices:
anise
licorice
vanilla
cinnamon
clove, nutmeg
wintergreen
cassia oil
sweet birch
molasses
pimiento berry oil
balsam oil
Well where's the "root" part ... back to Wikipedia.
Root beer is a carbonated drink originally brewed using sassafras. Oh yeah sarsaparilla. Nope. Sarsaparilla is not the same as sassafras. Although sarsaparilla has been used to make a "root beer" - is not the same.
Steam distillation of dried sassafras root bark produces an essential oil consisting mostly of safrole that once was extensively used as a fragrance in perfumes and soaps. The dried and ground leaves are used to make filé powder, a spice used in the making of some types of gumbo. The use of sassafras bark was banned by the FDA in 1975. Laboratory animals that were given oral doses of sassafras tea or sassafras oil that contained safrole developed permanent liver damage or various types of cancer.
Here is a site that rates root beers.
http://www.rootbeerreviews.com/brews/brewmain.html
One last note. I tired some Caro high fructose corn syrup and it left a strong chemical after taste in my mouth. I have yet to make a test with cane sugar syrup. How I'm left wondering, as I've aged, have I developed a taste sensitivity to high fructose corn syrup?
During these hot spells, P. and I enjoy having a root beer float after dinner.
A couple weeks while shopping at Trader Joe's we bought a 4 pack of Virgil's
http://www.virgils.com/about.shtml Root Beer and a half gallon of TJ's French
vanilla ice cream to make our root beer vanilla floats.
WOW!! Were they good. I haven't had a root beer float in over a year.
During this last hot spell I wanted another RB float so instead of driving all the way to Castro Valley's TJ, I went up at the corner Quick Stop and bought a couple bottles of Mug Old Fashion root beer and 2 pints of Ben & Jerry's vanilla ice cream.
On the first taste I knew I was in for a disappointment. BLEEEEah! How, I remember,
as a kid, Mug Root Beer was petty good. But this new stuff left a horrible chemical
after taste in the back of my throat. I had this same taste experience with a can of
Coke Cola about four months ago. I wondered just what is in this drink that tastes
so bad. I looked at the label of Mug Root Beer for the ingredients. Here is what I found.
Contains: Carbonated water, high fructose corn syrup, caramel color, sodium benzoate
(preserves freshness), citric acid, natural and artificial flavors, modified food starch,
calcium disodium EDTA (to protect flavor) and quillaia extract.
Then I went to Wikipedia to see just what these chemicals are.
Citric acid is a natural preservative and is also used to add an acidic, or sour, taste to foods.
Sodium benzoate is used most prevalently in acidic foods as to inhibit the growth of bacteria and fungi.
Calcium disodium EDTA is ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid. Soft drinks containing ascorbic acid and sodium benzoate, EDTA mitigates formation of benzene (a carcinogen). Quillaia extract is used as a foaming agent.
Virgil's Root Beer did not leave that nasty taste in my mouth. Virgil's contains these ingredients: carbonated water; unbleached cane sugar; caramelized unrefined cane sugar and these herbs and spices:
anise
licorice
vanilla
cinnamon
clove, nutmeg
wintergreen
cassia oil
sweet birch
molasses
pimiento berry oil
balsam oil
Well where's the "root" part ... back to Wikipedia.
Root beer is a carbonated drink originally brewed using sassafras. Oh yeah sarsaparilla. Nope. Sarsaparilla is not the same as sassafras. Although sarsaparilla has been used to make a "root beer" - is not the same.
Steam distillation of dried sassafras root bark produces an essential oil consisting mostly of safrole that once was extensively used as a fragrance in perfumes and soaps. The dried and ground leaves are used to make filé powder, a spice used in the making of some types of gumbo. The use of sassafras bark was banned by the FDA in 1975. Laboratory animals that were given oral doses of sassafras tea or sassafras oil that contained safrole developed permanent liver damage or various types of cancer.
Here is a site that rates root beers.
http://www.rootbeerreviews.com/brews/brewmain.html
One last note. I tired some Caro high fructose corn syrup and it left a strong chemical after taste in my mouth. I have yet to make a test with cane sugar syrup. How I'm left wondering, as I've aged, have I developed a taste sensitivity to high fructose corn syrup?
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Friday, July 10, 2009
653 bans as Tullawong State High School battles swearing, bullying | National News | News.com.au
653 bans as Tullawong State High School battles swearing, bullying | National News | News.com.au: "653 bans as Tullawong State High School battles swearing, bullying"
TRANSCEND Personal Program | Welcome
TRANSCEND Personal Program | Welcome: "Complete our interactive online questionnaire and
receive free personalized recommendations based on the
TRANSCEND Program - Nine Steps to Living Well Forever.
Begin Questionnaire
When you participate in this evaluation, we must ask you for certain personal information so that we can provide personalized responses. Your privacy is of the utmost importance and none of the information we collect is ever sold or rented. We will use your email address to communicate specials, new products, news items, and other information designed to enrich your experience with the Ray & Terry's site. At any time, you may unsubscribe by following the 'unsubscribe' link in any such email, or by sending us an email request to remove your name from the list. The personal details collected during the evaluation process will not be shared or used in any other way."
receive free personalized recommendations based on the
TRANSCEND Program - Nine Steps to Living Well Forever.
Begin Questionnaire
When you participate in this evaluation, we must ask you for certain personal information so that we can provide personalized responses. Your privacy is of the utmost importance and none of the information we collect is ever sold or rented. We will use your email address to communicate specials, new products, news items, and other information designed to enrich your experience with the Ray & Terry's site. At any time, you may unsubscribe by following the 'unsubscribe' link in any such email, or by sending us an email request to remove your name from the list. The personal details collected during the evaluation process will not be shared or used in any other way."
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Produce travels from Sequim to Seattle by sailboat
Produce travels from Sequim to Seattle by sailboat: "Last updated June 29, 2009 11:47 a.m. PT
Produce travels from Sequim to Seattle by sailboat
By DIANE URBANI DE LA PAZ
PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
SEQUIM, Wash. -- Let us follow a strawberry, flush from the field as it travels on wind and water - but without petroleum - from Sequim to the big, hungry city.
People in Seattle want these oil-free Sequim berries with the Nash's Organic name on them, according to David Reid, owner and operator of Seattle's Sail Transport Co.
He's the bringer of our berry - plus hundreds of pounds of other produce - across the Strait of Juan de Fuca, into Puget Sound and to the city dock in Seattle, all without a motor.
This strawberry, ripened in Sequim solar energy, travels aboard the Whisper, Reid's 27-foot, engineless sailboat.
Upon arrival, the fruit is carried on a cargo bicycle or tricycle to the table of someone who discovered Dungeness Valley flavor at a Seattle farmers market.
Nash's Organic Produce, grown on some 400 acres north of Sequim, has a reputation in the Puget Sound metropolitan area, Reid said.
People lust after the berries and leafy greens that peak this time of year, and he's more than happy to satisfy their desires - without bothering with those gas-guzzling trucks and ferries.
Reid is growing a CSA, as in community-supported agriculture, club of about 25 produce subscribers in Seattle. They've signed up for regular deliveries of freshly picked produce - and not just as a summer fling.
'Nash's has a long growing season,' Reid said, so when winter douses the city in rain and chill, he'll be able to deliver comfort food: squashes, potatoes, sweet carrots for roasting.
His mode of transport is not only oil free; it's done with very little sound.
At 7:30 a.m. Friday, he and Nash's staffer Sid Maroney were nearly wordless as they loaded box after box of Nash's produce picked that morning, from fluffy lettuces and herbs to fava beans, spring baby garlic, French breakfast and Easter-egg radishes, to wheat berries and strawberries - and four dozen eggs.
'These are actually for me and a few friends,' Reid admitted as he placed the cartons in a safe spot on the packed boat.
Reid and his crewman, fellow Seattleite Alec Billroth, will need the protein.
Like gondoliers, they employed an oar to push the Whisper out into Sequim Bay, which was flat as a mirror.
The men barely spoke, as if reluctant to disturb the tranquil scene. Once away from the marina, the crew raised the sails, and a light breeze sent the Whisper gliding into the pale blue horizon.
With Sail Transport, Reid is embarking on a kind of second voyage.
The product of a small organic farm in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, he grew up to be a project engineer for Philips Healthcare.
After traveling the globe, he decided to explore new territory- proving what's possible when it comes to delivering food.
It's high time, he believes, to move away from fossil-fueled modes of shipping.
With the waterways between Sequim's farms and the Puget Sound's population, he considers Sail Transport Co. a viable venture.
'This is a demo year,' he said, in which he's slowly, steadily adding produce subscribers in Seattle - and sailing toward a livelihood unaffected by fuel prices.
Reid is not only frugal and determined; he's patient.
The voyage from John Wayne Marina to the Seattle dock can take anywhere from 11 hours to more than 24, he said.
But he doesn't mind depending on wind and muscle instead of gas and speed.
The price on his type of energy isn't going to fluctuate much, after all.
The Whisper 'is the equivalent of a three-quarter-ton pickup,' Reid added, 'except the fuel cost is zero.'
Reid plans on being back at John Wayne Marina in a few weeks for another load of summer produce. And as more subscribers come on board, he'll further streamline the sailboat by stripping out almost everything but shelves for crates.
Friday's pickup was only about 400 pounds of food, but 'when this scales up, I could do up to 1,800 pounds,' Reid said.
There was one glitch, though, in our strawberry's trip from field to Whisper: The truck Maroney drove from Nash's packing shed to the marina is a petroleum-slurping Bronco.
That's the bad news, Maroney acknowledged, but the good news is that he owns an electric truck.
A staunch proponent of alternative fuels, Maroney has been driving his plug-in truck around eastern Clallam County for many months.
It's now in need of a minor repair, and he hopes to have it back on the road shortly.
Reid, for his part, indicated that he'll feel even better about sailing to Sequim when that electric truck is up and around again.
'Let me know,' he told Maroney before hopping onto the Whisper's deck.
---
Information from: Peninsula Daily News, http://www.peninsuladailynews.com"
Produce travels from Sequim to Seattle by sailboat
By DIANE URBANI DE LA PAZ
PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
SEQUIM, Wash. -- Let us follow a strawberry, flush from the field as it travels on wind and water - but without petroleum - from Sequim to the big, hungry city.
People in Seattle want these oil-free Sequim berries with the Nash's Organic name on them, according to David Reid, owner and operator of Seattle's Sail Transport Co.
He's the bringer of our berry - plus hundreds of pounds of other produce - across the Strait of Juan de Fuca, into Puget Sound and to the city dock in Seattle, all without a motor.
This strawberry, ripened in Sequim solar energy, travels aboard the Whisper, Reid's 27-foot, engineless sailboat.
Upon arrival, the fruit is carried on a cargo bicycle or tricycle to the table of someone who discovered Dungeness Valley flavor at a Seattle farmers market.
Nash's Organic Produce, grown on some 400 acres north of Sequim, has a reputation in the Puget Sound metropolitan area, Reid said.
People lust after the berries and leafy greens that peak this time of year, and he's more than happy to satisfy their desires - without bothering with those gas-guzzling trucks and ferries.
Reid is growing a CSA, as in community-supported agriculture, club of about 25 produce subscribers in Seattle. They've signed up for regular deliveries of freshly picked produce - and not just as a summer fling.
'Nash's has a long growing season,' Reid said, so when winter douses the city in rain and chill, he'll be able to deliver comfort food: squashes, potatoes, sweet carrots for roasting.
His mode of transport is not only oil free; it's done with very little sound.
At 7:30 a.m. Friday, he and Nash's staffer Sid Maroney were nearly wordless as they loaded box after box of Nash's produce picked that morning, from fluffy lettuces and herbs to fava beans, spring baby garlic, French breakfast and Easter-egg radishes, to wheat berries and strawberries - and four dozen eggs.
'These are actually for me and a few friends,' Reid admitted as he placed the cartons in a safe spot on the packed boat.
Reid and his crewman, fellow Seattleite Alec Billroth, will need the protein.
Like gondoliers, they employed an oar to push the Whisper out into Sequim Bay, which was flat as a mirror.
The men barely spoke, as if reluctant to disturb the tranquil scene. Once away from the marina, the crew raised the sails, and a light breeze sent the Whisper gliding into the pale blue horizon.
With Sail Transport, Reid is embarking on a kind of second voyage.
The product of a small organic farm in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, he grew up to be a project engineer for Philips Healthcare.
After traveling the globe, he decided to explore new territory- proving what's possible when it comes to delivering food.
It's high time, he believes, to move away from fossil-fueled modes of shipping.
With the waterways between Sequim's farms and the Puget Sound's population, he considers Sail Transport Co. a viable venture.
'This is a demo year,' he said, in which he's slowly, steadily adding produce subscribers in Seattle - and sailing toward a livelihood unaffected by fuel prices.
Reid is not only frugal and determined; he's patient.
The voyage from John Wayne Marina to the Seattle dock can take anywhere from 11 hours to more than 24, he said.
But he doesn't mind depending on wind and muscle instead of gas and speed.
The price on his type of energy isn't going to fluctuate much, after all.
The Whisper 'is the equivalent of a three-quarter-ton pickup,' Reid added, 'except the fuel cost is zero.'
Reid plans on being back at John Wayne Marina in a few weeks for another load of summer produce. And as more subscribers come on board, he'll further streamline the sailboat by stripping out almost everything but shelves for crates.
Friday's pickup was only about 400 pounds of food, but 'when this scales up, I could do up to 1,800 pounds,' Reid said.
There was one glitch, though, in our strawberry's trip from field to Whisper: The truck Maroney drove from Nash's packing shed to the marina is a petroleum-slurping Bronco.
That's the bad news, Maroney acknowledged, but the good news is that he owns an electric truck.
A staunch proponent of alternative fuels, Maroney has been driving his plug-in truck around eastern Clallam County for many months.
It's now in need of a minor repair, and he hopes to have it back on the road shortly.
Reid, for his part, indicated that he'll feel even better about sailing to Sequim when that electric truck is up and around again.
'Let me know,' he told Maroney before hopping onto the Whisper's deck.
---
Information from: Peninsula Daily News, http://www.peninsuladailynews.com"
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
eClassroom News - Students say using tech to cheat isn't cheating
eClassroom News - Students say using tech to cheat isn't cheating: "Students say using tech to cheat isn't cheating
New poll reveals students use cell phones, internet to cheat; parents are unaware"
New poll reveals students use cell phones, internet to cheat; parents are unaware"
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Monday, June 29, 2009
U.S. Push for Free Online Courses - Teaching and Developing Online
U.S. Push for Free Online Courses
Monday, June 29, 2009 · No Comments
Monday, June 29, 2009 · No Comments
Community colleges and high schools would receive federal funds to create
free, online courses in a program that is in the final stages of being
drafted by the Obama administration.
The program is part of a series of efforts to help community colleges
reach more students and to link basic skills education to job training.
The proposals are outlined in administration discussion drafts obtained by
Inside Higher Ed. A formal announcement could come in the next few weeks.
In addition to the free online courses, the plan would provide $9 billion
over 10 years to help community colleges develop and improve programs
related to preparing students for good jobs, and a $10 billion loan fund
(at low or no interest) for community college facilities.
--
Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/
Friday, June 26, 2009
Monday, June 22, 2009
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Report: Climate Change Already Affecting U.S. - washingtonpost.com
Report: Climate Change Already Affecting U.S. - washingtonpost.com: "Report: Climate Change Already Affecting U.S."
Docuticker » Blog Archive » Nano-silver: Extreme Germ Killer Presents Growing Threat to Public Health
Docuticker » Blog Archive » Nano-silver: Extreme Germ Killer Presents Growing Threat to Public Health: "Studies suggest that the widespread use of nano-silver poses serious health and environmental risks and that it could promote anti-bacterial resistance, undermining its efficacy in a medical context."
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Sunday, June 7, 2009
TheStar.com | Insight | Is Oprah Winfrey giving us bad medicine?
TheStar.com | Insight | Is Oprah Winfrey giving us bad medicine?: "By giving a platform to disciples of dubious medical practices a well-intentioned Oprah Winfrey has made herself a force for ill, writes a U.S. doctor alarmed by 'the Oprah-fication' of medicine"
Friday, June 5, 2009
Docuticker » Blog Archive » Report Captures Best Practices for Transforming Schools To Meet the Needs of All Students
Thursday, June 4, 2009
FLOW - For Love of Water
Netflix: Search Results: "Flow: For Love of Water(2008) NR
From both local and global perspectives, this documentary examines the harsh realities behind the mounting water crisis. Learn how politics, pollution and human rights are intertwined in this important issue that affects every being on Earth. With water drying up around the world and the future of human lives at stake, the film urges a call to arms before more of our most precious natural resource evaporates.
From both local and global perspectives, this documentary examines the harsh realities behind the mounting water crisis. Learn how politics, pollution and human rights are intertwined in this important issue that affects every being on Earth. With water drying up around the world and the future of human lives at stake, the film urges a call to arms before more of our most precious natural resource evaporates.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Monday, June 1, 2009
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
GreenerChoices.org | Personal care product buying guide 9/08
GreenerChoices.org | Personal care product buying guide 9/08: "Check the ingredient list and avoid harmful ingredients whenever possible. Because labels are often difficult to decipher and not all ingredients are necessarily disclosed, finding safer personal care products can be a challenge. It’s also the amount, not just the presence, of an ingredient that determines risk."
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Chief Seattle's Speech of 1854 - Version 1
Chief Seattle's Speech of 1854 - Version 1: "Dead, did I say? There is no death, only a change of worlds." If you care for the land and what's in it and on it, read this. Think, then read it again. Share this with your friends. Post it on your office wall.
Monday, May 25, 2009
Global Health and Wellness News: ENN -- Know Your Environment
Global Health and Wellness News: ENN -- Know Your Environment Polycarbonate water bottles, etc.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
open thinking » 70+ Videos for Tech. & Media Literacy
open thinking » 70+ Videos for Tech. & Media Literacy: "70+ Videos for Tech. & Media Literacy"
From the Edtech Posse
From the Edtech Posse
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Online University Reviews : 100 Most Inspiring and Innovative Blogs for Educators
Online University Reviews : 100 Most Inspiring and Innovative Blogs for Educators: "100 Most Inspiring and Innovative Blogs for Educators"
Monday, May 18, 2009
The World According to Monsanto | WIDE EYE CINEMA - Free Truth Documentaries
The World According to Monsanto | WIDE EYE CINEMA - Free Truth Documentaries BIG INDUSTRY MONSANTO MAKERS OF ROUNDUP
Ray Anderson on the business logic of sustainability | Video on TED.com
Ray Anderson on the business logic of sustainability | Video on TED.com Business and Industry is BIGGEST culprit.
Friday, May 15, 2009
HighDesert Software HD GovMailer
HighDesert Software HD GovMailerFree software. Contact government with a mouse click.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Monday, May 11, 2009
Friday, May 8, 2009
HOWTO lecture to students - Boing Boing
HOWTO lecture to students - Boing Boing: "A time-tested way of engaging students is using a hook. Unveil a teaser, pose a question, tell a story, be provocative, invite brief brainstorming.."
Saturday, May 2, 2009
HBO Alzheimer's Project
HBO Alzheimer's Project: "Living With Alzheimer's" - Yes. Off topic, BUT if you read this and you know someone caring for someone with Alzheimer's, PLEASE pass on this link:
Living With Alzheimer's
http://www.aarp.org/family/caregiving/alzheimers/?cmp=NLC-WBLTR-CTRL-5109-F4
Living With Alzheimer's
http://www.aarp.org/family/caregiving/alzheimers/?cmp=NLC-WBLTR-CTRL-5109-F4
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Friday, April 3, 2009
WashingtonWatch.com - H.R. 875, The Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009
WashingtonWatch.com - H.R. 875, The Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009: "H.R. 875, The Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009 (78 comments ↓ | 4 wiki edits: view article ↓)
H.R. 875 would establish the Food Safety Administration within the Department of Health and Human Services to protect the public health by preventing food-borne illness, ensuring the safety of food, improving research on contaminants leading to food-borne illness, and improving security of food from intentional contamination."
H.R. 875 would establish the Food Safety Administration within the Department of Health and Human Services to protect the public health by preventing food-borne illness, ensuring the safety of food, improving research on contaminants leading to food-borne illness, and improving security of food from intentional contamination."
Thursday, April 2, 2009
An Interview with Michael Wesch | EDUCAUSE
An Interview with Michael Wesch | EDUCAUSE: "This podcast features our full thirty-minute interview with Michael Wesch, assistant professor of cultural anthropology at Kansas State University. In the past few years he has distinguished himself with unique perspectives on teaching and his use of multimedia in the classroom. In 2008 he was awarded the CASE/Carnegie U.S. Professor of the Year Award for Doctoral and Research Universities. In this interview, Wesch talks about fame and micro-celebrity, teaching in the cloud, collective intelligence, and teaching in an age of budget cuts."
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Monday, March 16, 2009
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Friday, February 20, 2009
Friday, February 13, 2009
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
The Great Debate » Debate Archive » First 100 Days: Harness the genie of citizen engagement | The Great Debate |
The Great Debate » Debate Archive » First 100 Days: Harness the genie of citizen engagement | The Great Debate |: "There are lots of Internet-enabled ways to engage America, from policy wikis, citizen juries, deliberative polling, ideation contests, and virtual town halls. I call one of the most promising the digital brainstorm. This is an online way to bring together policy officials and citizens in a real-time, moderated session, to exchange ideas and identify new policy issues and strategies and to mobilize the citizenry."
Monday, February 9, 2009
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Elgan: Here comes the e-book revolution
Elgan: Here comes the e-book revolution
From the article: If you'd like to get a stark view of the relative economics of electronic vs. paper newspapers, check out a blog post on the Silicon Valley Insider. The blog did the math and determined that the New York Times could buy every single subscriber an Amazon Kindle e-book reader, and it would still cost them half as much as it will cost them to send paper newspapers for just one year.
From the article: If you'd like to get a stark view of the relative economics of electronic vs. paper newspapers, check out a blog post on the Silicon Valley Insider. The blog did the math and determined that the New York Times could buy every single subscriber an Amazon Kindle e-book reader, and it would still cost them half as much as it will cost them to send paper newspapers for just one year.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Born believers: How your brain creates God - science-in-society - 04 February 2009 - New Scientist
Born believers: How your brain creates God - science-in-society - 04 February 2009 - New Scientist: "WHILE many institutions collapsed during the Great Depression that began in 1929, one kind did rather well. During this leanest of times, the strictest, most authoritarian churches saw a surge in attendance.
This anomaly was documented in the early 1970s, but only now is science beginning to tell us why. It turns out that human beings have a natural inclination for religious belief, especially during hard times. Our brains effortlessly conjure up an imaginary world of spirits, gods and monsters, and the more insecure we feel, the harder it is to resist the pull of this supernatural world. It seems that our minds are finely tuned to believe in gods."
This anomaly was documented in the early 1970s, but only now is science beginning to tell us why. It turns out that human beings have a natural inclination for religious belief, especially during hard times. Our brains effortlessly conjure up an imaginary world of spirits, gods and monsters, and the more insecure we feel, the harder it is to resist the pull of this supernatural world. It seems that our minds are finely tuned to believe in gods."
How to control a herd of humans - science-in-society - 04 February 2009 - New Scientist
How to control a herd of humans - science-in-society - 04 February 2009 - New Scientist: "HITLER and Mussolini both had the ability to bend millions of people to their fascist will. Now evidence from psychology and neurology is emerging to explain how tactics like organised marching and propaganda can work to exert mass mind control.
Scott Wiltermuth of Stanford University in California and colleagues have found that activities performed in unison, such as marching or dancing, increase loyalty to the group. 'It makes us feel as though we're part of a larger entity, so we see the group's welfare as being as important as our own,' he says."
Scott Wiltermuth of Stanford University in California and colleagues have found that activities performed in unison, such as marching or dancing, increase loyalty to the group. 'It makes us feel as though we're part of a larger entity, so we see the group's welfare as being as important as our own,' he says."
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Obama's moves on Gitmo
We expected this to happen. President Obama's bold first moves on Guantánamo Bay and military commissions have been met by brazen campaigns of misinformation from those who want to retain disastrous Bush administration policies.
Fox News (the ultimate slime-news) is raising the specter of terrorists living in people's "backyards." Senators are saying that bringing detainees to the U.S. "will endanger American lives." Rush Limbaugh is spreading the totally unsupported claim that 61 already-released detainees have "returned to the battlefield." And, naysayers continue to make claims that our criminal justice system is incapable of prosecuting terrorism suspects.
Fox News (the ultimate slime-news) is raising the specter of terrorists living in people's "backyards." Senators are saying that bringing detainees to the U.S. "will endanger American lives." Rush Limbaugh is spreading the totally unsupported claim that 61 already-released detainees have "returned to the battlefield." And, naysayers continue to make claims that our criminal justice system is incapable of prosecuting terrorism suspects.
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Chris Martenson | - The Crash Course -
Chris Martenson | - The Crash Course -: "The Crash Course
Ready to learn everything you need to know about the economy in the shortest amount of time?
The Crash Course is a condensed online version of Chris Martenson's 'End of Money' seminar."
Ready to learn everything you need to know about the economy in the shortest amount of time?
The Crash Course is a condensed online version of Chris Martenson's 'End of Money' seminar."
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
At M.I.T., Large Lectures Are Going the Way of the Blackboard - NYTimes.com
At M.I.T., Large Lectures Are Going the Way of the Blackboard - NYTimes.com: "emphasize hands-on, interactive, collaborative learning."
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Speed up Vista shut down
How to speed up Vista shutdown time
Does it sometimes feel as if it takes forever for your Vista computer to shut down? You can speed it up a bit by editing the registry. As always, back up the registry key first and be careful:
1. Open your registry editor and navigate to the following key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SYSTEM \ CurrentControlSet \ Control
2. In the right pane, right click the value WaitToKillServiceTimeout
3. Select Modify
4. Change the value (default is 20000) to a lower number, such as 5000
5. Close the registry editori
NOTE: If you set the timeout value too low (such as 1000 or 3000), some programs may not be able to close in tim
Does it sometimes feel as if it takes forever for your Vista computer to shut down? You can speed it up a bit by editing the registry. As always, back up the registry key first and be careful:
1. Open your registry editor and navigate to the following key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SYSTEM \ CurrentControlSet \ Control
2. In the right pane, right click the value WaitToKillServiceTimeout
3. Select Modify
4. Change the value (default is 20000) to a lower number, such as 5000
5. Close the registry editori
NOTE: If you set the timeout value too low (such as 1000 or 3000), some programs may not be able to close in tim
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)