Beijing and the Dalai Lama: Machiavellian Strategy or Driving Off a Cliff?

"Beijing is apparently ignoring the Dalai Lama's comments about giving up on making a breakthrough and Chinese officials said yesterday that the next round of talks between the two sides would go ahead as planned. This is in accordance with their apparent long-term game plan,...

Your Future without Debt!

" There is a lack of financial and investment education in our schools, among the many things not taught. If you are a high school graduate that doesn't know much about finance, except how to write a check and balance your check book, investing or saving for retirement...

O.C.D. In The D.N.C.? :: MAXINE

" Platters a plenty … as long as they are biodegradable, organic, locally grown, and have all the right and approved colors. Image Credit: sandwichmart.com O.C.D. In The D.N.C.?The fanatic level of control...

Can You Calculate Your Age by How Often You Eat Out?

"Can You Calculate Your Age by How Often You Eat Out?"

The truth about carbon offsets: My Brain Hurts.

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorMaybe it is just me, but just reading more Bafflegab on Carbon Offsets makes my Brain Hurt.   I am never one  to dispute  the seriousness of...

Get SmarterChild in Gmail

"Aim Get SmarterChild in Gmail smarterchild.png Now that Gmail's got AIM support baked into the web interface, Gmailer Steve Rubel commented how nice it will be to have SmarterChild along with your email. Nearly three years ago we first posted about SmarterChild, an AIM bot...

Google Launches Green Calculator

If lowering your carbon footprint means lowering your fuel cost then its a good thing."Google has today launched the UK Carbon Footprint Project , allowing you to calculate your personal carbon footprint, choose...

Mine's Longer Than Yours: Measuring the Amazon

The ultimate measuring contest... "Scientists in Brazil are claiming to have established as a scientific fact that the Amazon is the longest river in the world. The Amazon is recognised as the world's largest...

Food Footprints?

"AskPablo: Foodmiles foodmiles.jpgPerhaps spawned by the immense popularity of Michael Pollan's book The Omnivore's Dilemma or just the recent explosion of interest in both food safety and climate change, people are demanding locally grown. Such "locavores" are participating...

Global Positioning “Goes To Ground” :: Symblogogy

"In a “complex technology made simple” scenario, one does not need specialized GPS Satellites and the systems that pick up their signals in order to determine a specific location in most cities in the United...

Don't use WEP! - German security researchers report.

"Researchers have discovered a faster way to crack the Wi-Fi security protocol The Wi-Fi security protocol WEP should not be relied on to protect sensitive material, according to three German security researchers who have discovered a faster way to crack it. They plan to...

Math prodigy corrects Discovery Place

"Eight-year-old Parker Garrison discovered an error in an equation at Discovery Place that asked visitors to calculate how many jelly beans are in a pyramid-shaped container. "Pretty remarkable that the exhibit was viewed for four years in eight different cities and an...

BURNING MAN GOES GREEN

"With the Burning Man art festival in the Nevada desert starting Monday, a group of San Francisco scientists is busy calculating how much the event contributes to global warming."

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