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"
Friday, September 11, 2009
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.
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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
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